Category Archives: Our Delivery

Functioning Level 2 and submitted California EV Rebate paperwork

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Ernie Hernandez

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 … Continue reading →

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Nissan LEAF review by a non-car person

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Ernie Hernandez

So what do “regular” non-ev people think of the LEAF? I asked my wife Many who buy or lease the new LEAF do so for all that it offers. They have studied the car, understood it in ways that internal … Continue reading →

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Your mileage WILL vary

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Ernie Hernandez

Everyone’s situation is different We had a reader ask us why we compared the LEAF with the Quest in yesterday’s article. The answer is simple – in our household the LEAF is replacing the Quest as our primary vehicle. The … Continue reading →

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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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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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