My first sighting of a RAV4 EV in the wild was this Monday March 17th. The blizzard pearl EV was exiting route 52 onto Regents / clairemont mesa Blvd at about 9:30 am here in San Diego. a gentleman was driving and the vehicle had the words "Gotta ..." on the rear plate holder.
Ironically i...
I just had the check EV system message last friday and again today at the dealer. my RAV is at 3K. No error messages on diagnostics. the dealer opened a ticket with Tesla, whatever that means. They updated firmware and it didn't show the message on the way home. We will see.
Should i bring...
This is not normal, I check the temperature of my cables etc regularly and they are only occasionally mildly warm, never hot and there is never any smell. I am not an electrician, but that seems like you are risking damage to your charging port by using this one.
thanks for the input good advice. I broached the subject internally here at the company. Initially it looked like a go for a few 110 plugs outside, but as it worked its way upwards something bad happened http://myrav4ev.com/forum/posting.php?mode=reply&f=7&t=834# and I got a rather curt email...
The pulsing buzz on my RAV4 was very significant during the first charge on 110 up from almost completely empty. Scared the cat significantly! Once it got near a full charge, the buzzing stopped and I have not heard it since, but have not run it to very low again.
I am lobbying to have an EVSE installed at my work building.
What do you recommend for equipment? Clipper Creek? They need requirements for the circuit amperage / voltage and for the layout. What would be best? It will be outside. Do you recommend going to a commercial EVSE distributor...
In general, how close do you push the battery to zero when driving? How accurate is the GOM? Any general rules of thumb regarding how close to the end of the charge do you run?
for instance, fully charged my GOM says 86 miles. if you were planning a trip, would you count on 86 miles exactly...
My dealer here in San Diego just told me that the last two RAV4 lease agreements he set up are now 100 dollars more expensive. somewhere around 690 per month. Can anyone else confirm this is true at other dealers? I am waiting for a RAV4 to lease, but am worried that this is a bait and switch...