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I had some unusual behavior occur with our 2014 RAV4 EV this last Sunday when I took it on a round trip to Salinas and back. In the morning on the way up, there was no problems charging in Paso Robles at the EA site and King City at the Chargepoint site. When I left Salinas and arrived at...

There is apparently a plan to put free L3 chargers at various rest stops along the California freeways and highways. In San Luis Obispo/Monterey County there are 60 kW L3 charging stations going in at the Camp Roberts rest stops on 101 and the Shandon rest stop on 46. They will be solar...

Well after a fairly reliable 69K miles, our RAV4 EV seems to be exhibiting signs of its first possible major problem. On Sunday morning I was attempting to use a charging station at the Home Depot in SLO which is a Clipper Creek 7.2kW unit. After plugging the RAV4 in it would start...

What is the absolute maximum power the RAV4 EV battery can accept while charging? I know the JDEMO that is installed allows the use of 50 kW chargers but there are larger chargers on the horizon. I have been researching future charging stations and Chargepoint just announced a unit that...

I have heard that some JDEMO owners are having copies of the mechanical key made in order to avoid the need to remove the key from the remote FOB, but when I went to a locksmith here in the SF Bay Area (just visiting for Thanksgiving) I got a quote of $58 to make a copy. The price seems a...

This is an heads up for anyone driving between San Luis Obispo and Salinas on 101 in San Luis Obispo County. I was pulled over last night around 10:30 PM for driving to slowly in the right hand lane (#2 lane) by a pair of San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Deputies. I had noticed a sheriff's...

I just read that apparently the Tesla Model X and now the Model S will be offering a new standard on board charger of 12kW (48A) which is an upgrade from the older 10kW(40A) charger. I am curious if anyone knows if it might be possible to upgrade charger in the RAV4 EV to this new 12kW unit...

I strange thing happened this morning in that the pre-climate conditioning turned on at its preset time even though our RAV4 EV was not plugged in. I was under the impression that the preclimate would work only when the RAV4 is plugged in and over 50% SOC. I am wondering if there is some sort...

It looks like the owners of BEV's with CCS (Combo) are in luck as there is a new L3 DC fast charging station in King City that bridges the gap between SLO and the SF Bay Area. The charger is located at the Keefer's Restaurant just off of 101. It's a 24 KW unit run by Chargepoint that is free...

There appears to a recently installed CHADEMO/CCS L3 DC fast charger installed at Blanco Rd and Hwy 68 in Salinas. The charger is operational as of 4 days ago and it seems to be a 50KW ABB unit on the NRG EVGO network. It's $9.95 for 30 minutes. So Gilroy isn't the closest point to SLO with a...

I know this question is likely to be a hotly debated topic, but I figured I would ask and see what the consensus is. It is also somewhat hypothetical since it assumes that a person would be able to find some sort of Tesla Models S HPWC to J1772 converter. The question only applies to the...

I was speaking to a Nissan LEAF owner this past weekend and apparently Coast Nissan in San Luis Obispo has plans to install a L3 charger at their dealership. It is not far off of 101 and it is close by many large stores/place to eat. I confirmed with the Coast Nissan general manager that the...

The frame is made by a company in Southern CA that came up with a metal frame that has sublimated metal panel on it with the Powered by Tesla on it. The inserts are aluminum with a surface coating that accepts the sublimation. The metal panels are UV coated and the ink that dyes the surface...

I have been looking for a metal version of the "Powered by Tesla" license plate frame and I found a company in Southern CA that came up with a metal frame that has sublimated metal panel on it with the Powered by Tesla on it. The company is Frames Co, and they frequent many County Fairs in CA...

Our RAV4 EV was involved in a minor fender bender back in July that damaged the left front fender and the front bumper cover. Basically the other driver hit our RAV4 on the left front corner while it was parked. I seem to recall reading someplace that the traction battery can be damaged by the...

I recently decided to take the RAV4 EV from San Luis Obispo to Sunnyvale (South SF Bay area) and back to see how long it would take to drive and charge. Our RAV4 EV has 7K miles on it now. The total distance is approximately 195 miles with most of it on US101. It's fairly flat with one 1300...

I know this not likely a hot topic, but has anyone given thought to a sound system upgrade that would improve the sound but retain the stock headunit/NAV system? It would likely be speakers that would need upgrading but I'm not sure.

I'm not sure if anyone can answer this, but I am trying to find out if the 2012 to 2014 RAV4 EV's used the same dashboard. I think I read somewhere Tony Williams owns multiple RAV4 EV's. I know the 2012 RAV4 EV used the same dashboard (upper dash panel, P/N 553020R901B0) as the 2012 RAV4...

I know this is a long shot but is there any way of using a Tesla Model S HPWC with a RAV4 EV? I have found some locations on plugshare that have only the Tesla Model S HPWC. I believe the HPWC is electrically compatible with the J1772 standard so all that would be needed would be an adapter...

I recently tried to take a trip from San Luis Obispo to Monterey (for a social gathering) on 101 in our new RAV4 EV (only 717 miles on it) and it was quite the adventure or mis-adventure depending on one's point of view. The trip was on Sunday and the RAV4 EV was charged to full in extended...