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I tend to agree that if a charging station is free people will use it even when it isn't necessary. Unfortunately, there is a federal mandate (for rest stops at least) that prohibits CALTRANS from charging for services hence the free L3 charging stations. I just wish they had put in at least...

The stations are being funded by CALTRANS and by various other grants from other state agencies such as CARB. See the document at the link below for more info. http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/transprog/ctcliaison/2017/1217/superbook/49_4.20_Combined4Linking.pdf I did my best to try to convince them...

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...

I have been getting the runaround from Toyota for the past 5 months about the refund. One time I spent an hour on the phone with 4 different people at Toyota and they all gave me the runaround. I have also been promised a call back on numerous occasions with no one ever calling back. The...

Was it necessary to call Toyota and request a refund check or did Toyota spontaneously decide to send the refund check out? I renewed my Entune subscription back in June when it was expiring at the full price for 5 years.

I contacted Recargo and again I just got the usual generic reply from a "Jordin". See below. tgreene, who are you contacting at Recargo that is more forthcoming with info?

The 12V battery was replaced with an Optima Yellow top in December 2015. I figure the onboard charger is on its way out at this point. However if it is intermittent the dealer may not be able to diagnose the problem. Does the JDEMO needs to be moved out of the way to get to the charger...

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...

I suppose the big question will be when the the L3 chargers in Paso Robles and Lemoore will be operational. It seems that that they aren't in a big hurry to get the units installed and operational. Did the CEC specify an operational date? Maybe I'll have a longer range EV by then. It's...

It appears that two new L3 chargers are going into Hollister at a Lucky's grocery store. Here's the link on plugshare. I'm not sure when they will be completed. They are on the EVGO network. Here's the link: https://api.plugshare.com/view/location/121731 This will make possible to avoid...

I noticed the new L3 chargers in Santa Maria and Lompoc back in June. Given the pricing to use them I will only use them when absolutely necessary, although it is nice to have L3 chargers in Lompoc/Santa Maria as backups. When I had to drive to Lompoc earlier this year for soccer games it...

Has anyone had any luck trying to exchange any of the recalled adapters listed above? I have the 10-30 and 14-30 adapters. I attempted to exchange my adapters at the Tesla Service Center in Seaside/Sand City and they refused to help me. The service rep said that the adapters had to be...

Speaking from experience Santa Maria Toyota does provide better customer service, but I don't know how they would handle the drive train whine. I would say the best place to take the RAV4 for diagnosis and replacement of the drive train would be Magussens's Palo Alto Toyota if at all possible...

I mentioned in another post that I was curious what size tires and wheels were used for the mods on the Pikes Peak RAV4 EV. I would also like to know what specific mods and parts were made to the suspension to improve the handling. I'm not sure if Toyota would be willing to provide the info...

I second that thought. It would sure be nice to have a an upgraded battery pack on the RAV4 EV with at least 65 kWh or even 80 kWh but it is a long shot at best. A couple other nice upgrades to go along with larger battery pack would be a newer on board 48 amp charger (or even the 72 amp...

The only difference between the two is the quantity of coolant required. I'm not sure of the exact capacity of the battery/inverter cooling systems but more of the 50/50 mix will be required than the concentrate.

The link to O'reilly Auto Parts does show the correct antifreeze, but it is the 50/50 mixture and not the concentrate. I believe when the dealership did the coolant change out on my RAV4 EV they used a little over 2 gallons of the concentrate since I provided 3 gallons (two were used plus the...

I am curious if the TRD wheels that were used on the RAV4 EV for the Pikes Peak run were any lighter than stock ones. It appears as though they were running lower profile tires which might lower the weight but at the expense of changing the effective gearing (resulting in faster acceleration...

I tried the SMS command "status" and I saw the new updated info. As mentioned earlier post the Update in progress now has last info as well. So on that SMS I see: Update in progress, last info: 61% charged; Charging at 25 mph / 8.69 kw; 1:47 to normal charge @240V 40A. I'm assuming the 240V...

I just tested the status command on the SMS function of RAVCHARGE. My RAV4 is fully charged so I wasn't able to test the time to charge part but I did see the word "normal" after the CONNNECTED so I appreciate the addition of the indicator of extended or normal mode. I think there needs to be...