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No, that is how I used mine until I got the L2 EVSE. It draws about 3 watts when not it use, IIRC.

@Trielectric The FFE will be the first car I've owned that I'll be getting a service contract on. Not necessarily because I won't be able to figure out a problem, but because the individual components are going to be expensive and rare. You won't be finding the drive inverter or battery...

You're right. After I posted that I checked out of curiosity. Even Lowes and HD have them. Now, for the $64K question....why do they all state that they are rated for 15 amps???

Once the juice comes out of the wall, the NEC is (mostly) irrelevant. I agree some reserve capacity is good, but the NEC rules are very specific as to what they apply to. The ampacity of common 120V household circuits is very specific to those types of circuits and all others use different...

You have to distinguish between house wiring (NEC) and extension cords when you are talking current limits. Household (USA) outlets for 120V with standard plugs are wired on either 15A or 20A circuits. Assuming copper wires, 15A requires 14 ga, 20A requires 12 ga. NEC rules generally require...

If you ever run that test again, I'd be interested in what your scan tool shows for battery voltage(s). I'd do it myself, but you have the highest mileage FFE I know of--we just hit 5K, so it will be awhile. I would be especially interested in how closely the cell voltages are balanced at the...

Yes I have that, but in his scenario the readout on that screen would have been 0%. I'm wondering what he uses (scan tool?) and whether there are other things that can be read, like cell voltage and balance.

How are you reading the final SOC at 8%?

@campfamily You don't say where in the SGV, but most likely the FFE will have enough range for your round trip, but without a lot of reserve. The i3 leaves you more leeway. Do you have charging at or near work? I'm not sure what a 3 day trial accomplishes, since we are six months in with...

At least 50 miles even under fairly hard driving. LAX to my house is 56 miles, it is uphill over 1500 feet and I'll drive at 70-75, occasionally 80 MPH. It gets home with 5-10 miles range left. Normal driving at a fairly steady 65 MPH on more or less level terrain it will likely do the full...

Ha! I just took my cover off and looked--same deal--no threaded hole! (2014)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Towing-Eye-For-Ford-Fiesta-Focus-/311334449457?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item487cfab131

@Michael Do you park inside a garage? I remember recently, just once, I noticed that my small nav display (RH dash) was giving me a street name about one street over. I didn't charge then and don't use Value Charge, but I'm thinking the GPS could be just sufficiently off in certain situations...

Would I be correct that this is based on the assumption that the failure is covered by a warranty and not paid for out-of-pocket by you? Obviously the inconvenience of having the car in for a warranty repair is probably less important to you than a significant reduction in range, but what if...

There have been discussions about this before. I would like a partial charge option, but not for battery life. I don't think the battery life thing is an issue for a couple of reasons. 1. The temperature/charge degradation of those Li-Ion batteries for which this has been studied starts when...

@sefs Interesting topic. I used to be in the used car business and it can be a constant source of entertainment. The FFE market will be even more interesting because of the low numbers, relatively low prices (these aren't Ferraris) and the need to ship for any long-distance transaction...

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Schneider-Electric-EVlink-30-Amp-Generation-2-5-Enhanced-Model-Indoor-Electric-Vehicle-Charging-Station-EV230WS/203670265 Works great, cord is only 18 feet but I have it near my garage door and can easily charge inside or outside. Never had a fault, seems well made...

But it also knows your location, obviously, and if programmed with local time zone and DST rules, should display the correct local time. My $89 Magellan and $0 smartphone do just that.

Any source for that? I see no restriction for the Federal tax credit. The California policy is there to ensure that the car remains in CA. The Federal policy is there to get the cars on the road--and selling it doesn't change that result. Unless you export it...

That's interesting on the Volt lease. I think it saves about $700 in CA sales tax as well. One thing that makes leases complicated is that you pay sales tax on the payments AND on the cap cost reduction. By shifting the CCR to the residual, they avoid this. It almost seems fraudulent. I...