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We have a SolarCity system in Berkeley and an Enphase system up at Dillon Beach - they have both worked very well, and we've had no problems so far with either. I've started looking into adding panels to a commercial building we have, and the flexibility of sizing and potentially resizing...

I'd long thought that direct solar water heating systems were the most efficient and reliable for domestic hot water, but the argument that merely increasing the PV capacity and installing a high efficiency water heating appliance (such as heat-pump with recirc or small point-of-use tanks)...

That would be nice - I frequently wish my iPad would just adhere on top of the screen so I could use it for nav and phone

Me too - locksmithing tools are in the back at all times, and I am always on call -

Great info! I have PV on our home and at our coast house, but use NG at home and a very old electrical water heater on the coast. Both need replacing pretty soon, and I've been trying to get more info on solar water heating as well as possible solar space heating and dehumidification - that...

Good call - tried pretty hard to buy mine from Berkeley Toyota ( just like the last 4 Toyotas I've tried to buy from them ) but once again, they just weren't interested - couldn't even get a return phone call. Dianne made it super easy, and had my car super quick. The next mistake I made was to...

If you go in knowing that you won't have quick charge, its not that big a deal. Some things I'd recommend you consider - where are you going to put the charger, and how difficult will it be to access? And how much will it cost to wire in! Thats a simple "call in the electrician" thing, but...

Mirrors my experience working with her -

So thats whats happening - I hope you find a solution, its been bugging me too -

I am extremely glad no one was injured - a small blessing - But I keep thinking that if it were possible to buy a car like that, and use the batteries and drive train to rig up an electric SR5 pickup - now THAT would be nice -

Interesting - do you think it needs a firmware upgrade? I would hope that if you got the car that recently, it would be pretty much up to date - I have had essentially zero problems ( as long as you disqualify a screw in one of my tires, which cost me $25 to get fixed ) and am incredibly happy...

Not being 100% sure myself, I installed mine in the basement, with the disconnect immediately adjacent. Then I put a weatherproof cover on the house, and cut a hole thru the exterior wall under it. I can pull the handle and cord out to the car, then in the morning put it all back thru the hole...

Valery - please take this in the spirit intended - I hope you get a full-featured, UL listed, high quality product available, and that you can keep the prices low, and that you are very, very successful, BUT - Customer service, technical support, and clear and timely communication are pretty...

Thats actually pretty scary - Is there any possibility the tow caused a problem? Did they start and move your car after they replaced the tire? Does this dealer even know about EVs? And for a tire job, should they need to? Keep us posted!

I'll second that! And for the record, I think every charger should have a LED built into it -

I think the common sense thing here is to lock the outlets. Just like they put special valves or interior shut-offs to restrict the use of hose bibbs, something similar needs to be adopted regarding electric plugs. But the real question is why are the plugs/bibbs provided? If the use is in the...

I don't get mine til Monday :(

Getting a bit off topic from the EV, but I disagree about using terms like good or evil when referring to a business structure. Corporations are, in many ways, the simplest form of business entity, because their motivations are quite pure and extremely easy to understand and control. They want...

I really think this has been gone over - but since the horse is dead, it won't mind. Toyota is NOT being a bad guy, they are just being a business, responding to the legally mandated requirements to continue to do business in the state of California. This is the result of decades of...

But they never listened to people who told them what they wanted in ICE vehicles - why do you think it would change with EVs? :D