New Energy Saving Class at RCCC on Saturday, March 24 from 9-11 AM. Topics include Electric Cars, Charging Stations, Energy Audits, Hyper-Insulation, Solar Thermal, Solar PV, Biomass, Pellet heating, biomass and much more.
I picked up our second 2012 Nissan Leaf on Saturday, January 28. It was definitely worth waiting for. Kevin Murphy of Ben Mynatt Nissan on the right sold both Leafs. The first Cayenne Red 2012 went to my wife, Kat, and the Ocean Blue 2012 SL shown is my new baby. It is absolutely [...]
Nissan is reported to be working on a home adapter to allow a Leaf EV to provide power to a home, according to (click to read stories referenced) [Bloomberg and PC World via Consumer Reports] So perhaps sometime this year our Leafs could stand in as a generator!
It occurred to me a while back that with a portable or plug-connected Level-2 charger, such as the Leviton Evr-Green 160, any RV Park could be a charging station for an electric vehicle. This really increases the coverage for someone with a portable station. Apparently, someone else has thought of this too. Read the story [...]
Once and for all, a collection of references to trounce the *baseless* debate / question of comparing the CO2 released by an Electric Vehicle charged with coal generated electricity to a gasoline car.
We powered up our second electric vehicle charging station today! It is a General Electric WattStation made in Mebane, North Carolina. I was really pleased to know that this product was made in the USA and even better about 100 miles from my home in NC. The WattStation is a level 2 charger. It charged [...]
Story on our solar powered all-electric car by the Catawba Center for the Environment Campaign for Clean Air: http://www.campaignforcleanair.org/news-reader/items/salisbury-family-powers-car-with-solar-rays.html
Real numbers on the electricity cost to run an all electric Nissan Leaf for the first 1,000 miles.
Graphs and comments on the time to charge an all-electric Nissan Leaf. Graphs include total power produced by solar and total consumption by the home.
The first all electric production car in Rowan County for a regular family of four. The first charge was all powered by solar.
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