Monthly Archives: March 2011

Fuel costs of electric cars vs. gas powered cars

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Ernie Hernandez

A really small sample of (real world) energy cost variance [UPDATE] We wrote this article in 2011 as an expression of our personal experience comparing the costs of driving our gasoline powered vehicles that we owned at the time with … Continue reading →

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One more step along the way

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Ernie Hernandez

EVSE installation passed the city inspection We don’t have a lot of time to update the site this week, but we did want to pass this information along. One more step to electrical vehicle (EV) ownership was taken yesterday as … Continue reading →

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Why must it be so?

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Ernie Hernandez

“Since I don’t think that way, how could you possibly think that way?” In our daily news feed we picked up the story about the first Texas LEAF family taking a 500 mile trip in their LEAF. It sounded like … Continue reading →

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Day Four

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Ernie Hernandez

The real world We have yet to be able to try to reproduce the photo above, just because we haven’t had time. But it is still a goal of ours. (And first we have to actually find that location!) One … Continue reading →

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LEAF production restarted in Oppama

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Ernie Hernandez

Netherland sees first LEAFs and production restarts in Japan On March 24, Nissan LEAF production resumed at the Oppama plant, and LEAF battery production resumed at the Zama battery plant. Nissan’s largest logistical issue is rolling blackouts and electricity shortages … Continue reading →

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Infiniti M Hybrid

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Ernie Hernandez

Power, luxury and efficiency? Granted… it is not fully electric. But when you look at what Nissan has done here, it is worth evaluating. 3.5 liter V6. 50 kilowatt electric motor. Combined 360 horsepower. Better fuel economy than a 122 … Continue reading →

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