Tag Archives: Nashville

Phantom Braking – An alternative explanation

Posted on December 7, 2019 by jpwhitehome

Most users of Tesla’s autopilot software have experienced “phantom braking” while driving along the interstate. This often occurs approaching bridges and overpasses. Conventional Explanations Conventional wisdom explain phantom braking as ‘precautionary logic’ in Autopilot to avoid hitting a vehicle crossing the … Continue reading →

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Tesla opens showroom in Nissan’s backyard

Posted on December 19, 2014 by jpwhitehome

Tesla opened their Nashville Showroom on December 19th 2014 less than 3 miles from Nissan’s North America Headquarters. I went by the showroom to say ‘hi’ and welcome Tesla to Nashville. I got a rather odd ‘Pfffft’ from a staff … Continue reading →

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Green Hills YMCA gets EV Fast Charge Unit

Posted on May 20, 2014 by jpwhitehome

The Green Hills area has very sparse EV charging coverage compared to other areas of Nashville. Finally they are on the EV Charging map and with a powerful Rapid Charge unit from Nissan at the YMCA. The unit can recharge … Continue reading →

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Nashville Mapco/BP gets a Nissan Fast Charge Unit

Posted on May 4, 2014 by jpwhitehome

Nissan have been generous deploying DC Fast Charge units to dealers all over the country, now a Nissan DC Fast Charge unit just went into a Mapco gas station location at 8th and Wedgwood in Nashville. This is on the … Continue reading →

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Nissan of Rivergate gets Second TN Dealer DC Quick Charge

Posted on December 21, 2013 by jpwhitehome

A very welcome addition to the Dealer DC Quick Charge network in Tennessee is Nissan of Rivergate north of Nashville. The dealership is found close to the intersection of I-65 and TN-386, two very busy roads in this area on … Continue reading →

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Free Period for Quick EV charging comes to a close

Posted on May 29, 2013 by jpwhitehome

For sometime now charges have been levied for public 240v charging. The much faster 400v DC quick charging has remained free. Until now that is. Here is a copy of an email I received today Blink announced they are introducing … Continue reading →

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All Electric Garage

Posted on December 9, 2012 by jpwhitehome

This weekend the White family went all electric. No we haven’t lost our minds, Karen’s Altima is in the shop and was retained over the weekend. We were offered and took a loaner vehicle. A LEAF of course 🙂 The … Continue reading →

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Charge time from empty – 3 3/4 hours

Posted on May 13, 2012 by jpwhitehome

It is often quoted by the press and Nissan themselves that a Nissan LEAF can take up to 7 hours to charge from empty using a 240v power source. As I’ve used the vehicle I have come to the conclusion … Continue reading →

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National Plug In Day – Middle Tennessee

Posted on October 16, 2011 by jpwhitehome

I visited two locations in Middle Tennessee to celebrate  the first electric vehicle (EV) National Plug-In Day. First I went to McDonald’s in Hendersonville TN and then drove onto Schneider Electric in Nashville TN. I got a successful charge at … Continue reading →

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Charge at Holiday Inn Vanderbilt sucessful – eventually

Posted on October 14, 2011 by jpwhitehome

On Thursday the 13th  I left home after an earlier trip to Green Hills. (We had eaten at Zoe’s in Green Hills and were given number 13 while we waited on our food). The LEAF’s charge level was too low … Continue reading →

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