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One more step along the way

March 31, 2011

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 our EVSE installation was inspected by the City of San Diego and approved. It sounds […]

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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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Day One

March 25, 2011

The Eagle has landed Ok… so it might not be quite as dramatic as a lunar landing, but having our LEAF in our garage is still pretty exciting! The day started early this morning with the installation crew from Sunwest Electric showing up to install our ECOtality Blink charging dock. Several hours later our new […]

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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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The “Nissan LEAF: Expected delivery” email

March 18, 2011

When you get your email from Nissan, this is what it will say Ernie, the excitement of driving a part of automotive history is almost here! Your Nissan LEAF™ is scheduled to arrive at your local dealer within the next 7 days. Once you take delivery of the vehicle, your initial $99 reservation fee will […]

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LEAF EVSE installation scheduled

March 16, 2011

EVSE installation to be one week prior to vehicle delivery We got a phone call this morning from Sun West Electric, one of the Southern California contractors hired by the EV Project to install electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE – or charging docks) in the region. On March 1st, Sun West Electric had contacted us regarding […]

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LEAF February Japan sales announced

March 14, 2011

LEAF sales numbers are improving According to the Japan Automobile Dealers Association, LEAF sales in Japan amounted to 2,593 in February. This number is in line with our expectations based on previous production announcements offered by Nissan. Also, Nissan just announced that a ship containing over 600 LEAFs left Japan on March 10, just prior to […]

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LEAF gets a long-term professional review

March 10, 2011

Autoweek to provide a 3 month review Mark Vaughn, of Autoweek, who had a Mitsubishi i-MiEV for a long-term test last year will be getting a LEAF to drive around Southern California for three months. Based on Mr. Vaughn’s Mitsu experience, and early comments that he has made about electric cars in general, we expect […]

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Contacted by ECOtality’s contractor

March 1, 2011

The Eagle hasn’t landed, but it’s flying around somewhere nearby We were contacted by the EV Project contractor which will be installing our EVSE. As they had not come out to do a site survey, they asked for some photos of the electric panel. We went out and took some photos with our phone and […]

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Estimated delivery week of March 25, 2011

February 28, 2011

4 week notice on Nissan’s dashboard It was with some surprise this morning when we opened our Nissan LEAF dashboard to find a new estimated delivery date – week of March 25, 2011. Which only heightened our confusion regarding the delivery of our LEAF. March 25, 2011 is a Friday. So does Nissan’s estimated delivery […]

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