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Why I drive an electric car

January 5, 2012
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Pretty simple… it’s the air that we breathe I was driving from San Diego to Orange County for work yesterday. The view above is of the Los Angeles basin as seen from California State Route 73. SR73 is a toll road that spans about 18 miles from Laguna Hills in the South to Costa Mesa […]

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What Living LEAF Is

July 21, 2011

And (perhaps more importantly), what Living LEAF is not Living LEAF is a source of information about the Nissan LEAF. Living LEAF is not a news organization. The online electric vehicle (EV) media world (and beyond) has been turned upside down over the past couple of days due to a massive mis-communication blitz. A blogger […]

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Happy 4th!

July 4, 2011
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Extended warranty for the LEAF?

May 24, 2011

Probably not In response to a reader comment, we thought that we would address this topic, as there are many different approaches to the thought process. Keep in mind, these are just our thoughts. Others may disagree for various reasons. As a rule, I am against extended warranties of any kind – home electronics, appliances, […]

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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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Where is my Nissan LEAF?

April 8, 2011

Let’s think about this for a minute, shall we? On March 11, 2011, not yet one full month ago, one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history impacted the country of Japan. If that were not bad enough, the earthquake was centered about 80 miles off of the east coast of Japan, generating a monstrous […]

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Japanese earthquake

March 11, 2011

Image from U.S. Geological Survey Our thoughts and prayers go out to all affected by the tragic earthquake off the coast of Japan.

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Have out of town family visiting

February 19, 2011

Look for a post tomorrow!

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Backup, Backup, Backup

February 5, 2011

Or, when will they ever learn… We have all heard the ubiquitous phrase “Backup everything”. Having lived with computers since the early 80’s, one would think that I would know better by now. Sadly, apparently not. Living LEAF shares a managed dedicated server with two other domains (both operated by my wife). We went to […]

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Happy New Year!

January 1, 2011
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