Incentives

CVRP update

October 17, 2011
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$15 million to be released soon At the National Plug In Day celebration in San Diego, the California Center for Sustainable Energy provided an informative update on the status of the California Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP). For those unfamiliar with the project, for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, the project was funded with $5 million […]

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2011 California rebate funds exhausted

June 24, 2011

Proposed funding tripled for next fiscal year $5 billion million in rebate funds have been exhausted for the California 2010-2011 fiscal year California Air Resources Board (ARB) Clean Vehicle Rebate Project. The California fiscal year ends on June 30. California LEAF owners up to this point in time were eligible for up to $12,500 in combined […]

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EV news

June 4, 2011

Aggregated news about this and that Nissan LEAF May sales Nissan LEAF sales in the United States reached 1,142 for the month of May. Just as sales were expected to ramp up in the U.S., impact of the earthquake and tsunami are going to make themselves known, not just with LEAF or just with Nissan, […]

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Another look at EV battery reuse

April 28, 2011

There are plans for battery life after use in your EV Back in September, we briefly touched on Nissan’s plan to Reuse, Refabricate, Resell, or Recycle used LEAF batteries. While Nissan may have some idea of what their plans are, what of the industry in general? What thoughts have been turned this way? California Center for […]

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Walgreens enters the EV Charging Station business

April 24, 2011

Nation’s largest drugstore chain to offer EV charging stations Walgreens has partnered with NRG Energy to provide electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at 18 Walgreens stores in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. NRG says that 30 charging docks will be installed by Labor Day, including stations installed at public parking areas, other retailers and workplaces. All […]

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Nobody walks in LA

April 23, 2011

Los Angeles to encourage EV ownership Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) announced this week the approval of the Electric Vehicle Home Charger Rebate Program. Known as “Charge up LA“, the goal of the rebate program is to provide rebates of up to $2,000 for 3,000 to 5,000 LADWP residential customers to install level […]

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Functioning Level 2 and submitted California EV Rebate paperwork

April 5, 2011

SDG&E installed second meter today As we were out of town all last week, we didn’t have time to get all of our paperwork together to submit to the California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) for our EV rebate. So we got it all together over the weekend and drove it to the office first thing […]

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Day Four

March 28, 2011

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 of our priorities once actually having purchased the LEAF was to apply to the Clean Vehicle […]

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Dealer invoiced – LEAF here soon!

March 20, 2011

Our dealer says maybe Monday! I got an email yesterday that Mossy was just invoiced for my LEAF. He expects to see it early in the week, possibly on Monday. As I was not expecting to see the car for another week yet, I hadn’t finalized my financial preparations just yet, so I got started […]

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LEAF arrives in Hawaii

February 1, 2011

LEAF lands in last of seven initial rollout states The first Nissan LEAF was delivered in the state of Hawaii. This LEAF was delivered at New City Nissan in Honolulu on the island of Oahu. There are a total of seven Nissan dealerships spread throughout the island chain, and the state has made a strong effort […]

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