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    Next Bakersfield EV Owners meeting June 20th

    The Next Bakersfield meeting is June 20th Meeting will be at the Golden Corral, 5001 Ming Avenue at 9:30 am. Get your breakfast from the buffet and come and join us! :D All EV owners and prospective owners are invited. If you have a BEV, public chargers are available at the auto mall (check...
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    SoCal EV Meet Up Saturday, June 27, 8am - 11am, Santa Ana

    Correction: The next meetup in Bakersfield will be Saturday June 20th (my birthday) at Golden Corral, 5001 Ming Avenue, Bakersfield at 9:30 am.
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    Bakefield EV Owners Meetup April 30th 5:30 pm

    The first Bakersfield EV Owners Meetup was a huge success. Over two dozen people showed up at the Beale Library, and we had an interesting talk by Scott DuPont (author of "What is an Electric Car") with a followup panel discussion with a group of experienced EV owners. Afterwards we met in the...
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    Car won't charge / Onboard Charger Failure

    Tony: Are you just unlucky or is it because you drive that much more than the rest of us. I am at 17,500 mi on #1086 and have had essentially no problems that required dealer intervention. Is there a difference between the 10 kW charger on the RAV4 and the Model S (and the MB B type)? If...
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    Bakefield EV Owners Meetup April 30th 5:30 pm

    The nearest (and only DCFC in Bakersfield) is at the local Nissan dealer who is just off CA-99 (check with Plugshare). The dealer has said that he would let any brand of car use his chargers. You are also welcome to use my 40A Leviton but the L3 at Nissan would be a lot faster. We would love...
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    Bakefield EV Owners Meetup April 30th 5:30 pm

    Just a reminder, the Bakersfield EV owners forum will be this Thursday at the Beale Library in downtown Bakersfield at 5:30 pm. We will be throwing in food and door prizes. I don't want to be the only RAV4 EV at the meeting. BTW, Mercedes, BMW, and Nissan will have cars on display as well as...
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    Lake Arrowhead

    I've done it in my Chevy Volt. I mistakenly fully charged it before leaving Arrowhead. When I reached the bottom, the GOM showed a range of over 60 miles. Of course the true range was more like 38 miles. What happens is that the GOM sees how much battery you've use (none) and how far you've...
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    Planning CHAdeMO only trip, Mexico to Canada

    Tony: You can probably skip #6 and #8 as the distance from #5-#7 is 109 miles and from #7-#9 is 108 miles. If you let me know when you will arrive at #4 I can arrive with a burger or what have you. :D That is, if I am not working! :( Mike
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    Grant awarded California Tahoe/Truckee EV Planning

    I am surprised that there are no comments. :? This summer there are supposed to DCFC's installed at Santa Clarita and at the Outlets at Tejon. It is 101 miles from the outlets to Visalia Nissan, all flat or partly downhill. If worst comes to worst, Bakersfield Nissan is just off CA-99. This...
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    Grant awarded California Tahoe/Truckee EV Planning

    Now that I got Plugshare working right, I find that with JdeMO I can drive to Sacramento, and possibly on to Tahoe: Bakersfield to Visalia Nissan is 75 miles Visalia Nissan to Fresno Fashion Fair Mall is 49 miles Fresno to Merced (Atwater) Applegate Plaza is 62 miles ======If I am brave like...
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    Grant awarded California Tahoe/Truckee EV Planning

    Mea Culpa :o Tried a different computer and both the Amtrak and the Chevy dealer came up. Still don't know why my iPhone and the other PC don't show it. :(
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    Grant awarded California Tahoe/Truckee EV Planning

    Again not shown on Plugshare. If you have seen these stations, please get them listed. On my last trip to Maui I listed two chargers at hotels that were not previously shown. Listing them helps everybody.
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    Grant awarded California Tahoe/Truckee EV Planning

    I've looked at Plugshare and don't see this campsite listed. I went to their website " www.ciscogrove.com " and they do claim to have full electrical hookups. It would be nice if someone can go there or at least call them to see what they have, and then list them on Plugshare.
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    Bakefield EV Owners Meetup April 30th 5:30 pm

    There will be a meetup of Bakersfield Area Electric Vehicle owners at the Beale Library on Thursday April 30th at 5:30pm. Scott DuPont, the author of the book and movie "What is an Electric Car" will be there to show the trailer of his movie and lead a discussion. Anyone in the southern Valley...
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    Lake Arrowhead

    I should know better than to argue with you Tony :twisted: BUT: if you tried the climb at a CONSTANT 65mph, they would find you at the bottom of the cliff. The road is good, but I remember a number of switchbacks where you would have to decelerate to make the turn and then accelerate again...
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    Lake Arrowhead

    In principle, I agree with miimura :D , in practice it is better to be safe than sorry :o . I have driven to Arrowhead in my Volt, and it is a long very steep hill. For the first try, I would start with a full extended charge as close to the base of the hill as you can get it. See how it goes...
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    My Leviton 40A EVSE quit today

    Great service from Leviton :D The box arrived last week and I shipped it out on Thursday. Monday it was back. I re-installed it and it works 8-)
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    Non-functioning Level 1 EVSE for sale

    Thanks for the advice. I did end up selling the dead unit to a ham in Florida. To replace it I bought the unit from EVI. From the sound of it, it is probably a reboxed OpenEVSE rated at 16A for L1 and L2. It comes with an L6-?? connector and adaptors to 14-50 and 5-15. It supposedly has a...
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    Hood Struts add-on

    Details (and photos) PLEASE!!
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    My Leviton 40A EVSE quit today

    Two legged or four legged? :lol: Actually, the wiring is perfect, and my cats will keep the rats at bay. (My lovable pit bull will do his part with the 2-legged variety). :twisted: Called Leviton and they will send a box and a return shipping label. The repair will be FREE!! :D Until then...
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