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Tech, your system is nicely hidden. My south facing roofs all face the street, but my house sits off the street a fair bit, so they are not terribly noticeable, but definitely not as neat as yours. If you need more LED bulbs, check out the new CREE models at Home Depot. Lumens per watt are...

Welcome to the out-o-state club. How's the charging infrastructure look there? Mostly you can just laugh as you drive by the stations, but you have lots of road trip possibilities from there. Enjoy!

It thinks you are Waidy.

Definitely won't be charging our RAV mid-summer out in the wild. Short range of Leaf necessitated this, but I will do all my charging after midnight this summer. I'm convinced our Leaf met an early end because of the midday summer charging, which was always done right after driving because we...

Tony, very nice job with the information you gave folks. If only the people selling the RAV and other EV's were as informed. That's why I like the Tesla sales model.

I ended up keeping my Blink, but only because I kept it for free and the tech who works on mine is local and I have his phone number. He's also the tech who trains other techs, so I'm not using a guy who doesn't do Blinks for a living. We had a Leaf, too, and replaced it with the RAV, but we...

For about 8 months we used nothing but a GFCI outlet to charge our Leaf with no problem. My wife's commute was around 25 miles. The RAV is less efficient, so it will take longer to charge the RAV over the same distance, but I don't think your plan is unreasonable. As I've written elsewhere...

There's a new Fisker in my neighborhood, but that's about as good as I can do:) I like knowing that I have an incredibly rare car, ha.

The company I used was a local Phoenix outfit, but the lease deal was done through Sunpower itself, so the company doesn't matter as much. Just go to Sunpower.com and look for a dealer. We used one of their premier dealers who only install their panels. It's worth getting a quote to see what...

You could make a 50-mile commute twice on 80% charge, ha. Try that with a Leaf! I had a Leaf and range anxiety became a real problem toward the end of our time with the car, but no such fears with the RAV: it loves highways. I needed a bottle of extra-strength Tums anytime I drove the Leaf...

I don't know what the lease deals look like right now, but we had a 15.4kW Sunpower system installed for around $18K. We paid the lease up-front, and at year 7 we can purchase the system outright for $2K or leave it up through year 20 and let them continue to handle the maintenance. There's no...

James, 42, and my wife Marlene, + 11 yr old son. Had a Leaf, had serious degradation issues thanks to the extreme heat in PHX, and Nissan bought it back. Great car, just not ready for AZ or the Middle East. Drive that for 18 mos., then Tony Williams talked me into the RAV. Bought the RAV...

I was proud to read this morning that we in Arizona have finally passed New Jersey to have the second-largest amount of PV installed. Still way behind California, though. Most of the PV installed last year was individuals, ringing up 83MW of installs! We finally have some more utility-sized...

I have a Volt and RAV, too, but I've never charged the RAV using L1. It's a much bigger battery, so it's going to take forever, and I would also be careful that you aren't pulling too many amps from the same circuit if charging both cars at once. I charge the Volt about half the time on a...

Welcome and enjoy!

Reading about the dirty panels got me on the roof with a power washer to clean off the generous coating of pollen that's been collecting these past few weeks. I usually just wait for a rain, but I wanted to see how much difference it would make. To my surprise, production dropped slightly...

We did not pay CA sales tax. We haven't even paid our AZ tax yet because of the hassle of getting necessary paperwork from dealer for our tags.

Can't believe Toyota isn't moving the RAV faster in CA, especially with Prius buyers coming to the same lot. Seems like an easy upsell to the green consumer, but I think most people don't even know it exists.

Well folks, looks like we have a bit of unexpected exclusivity. I don't need the bigger, heavier battery, but sure would love to have that Supercharger!!! Tony, please tell me they hid on in our car somewhere. http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/01/tesla-model-s-axes-40kwh-battery-option/

I noticed a high-pitched whine on our Leaf, but I don't hear anything on the RAV4 or Volt.