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I'll be at a cross-roads soon with my 2012 Rav4 EV. It has served my wife very well in the almost 7 years we'll have had it. The extended Toyota platinum warranty has also served us well in that time. Soon, the warranty will expire. Which is what puts us at this cross-roads. Do we keep it...

2012 here with 97k miles on the clock. Driving on a long uphill with A/C on full blast, suddenly flashed a message which I didn't quite catch other than noting "overheat"... along with turtle light and CEL. Message on console then replaced by the generic message Check EV system and bring into...

So in part of restructuring my families energy usage with the RAV4 EV, we've also pulled the trigger on getting a photovoltaic (PV) solar array installed on our home. We will be getting a modest 4.5kW solar array installed in the coming month or two. The idea is to stabilize and control the...

Happy to have gotten my Leviton 40 AMP EVB40-SPT EVSE installed today. I settled on this charger after considering my options in this thead - http://www.myrav4ev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=142 In addition to the $1235 for the charger direct from Leviton, I bought the following from home...

I just took delivery of my Wife's brand new 2012 RAV4EV and we are getting to know the car slowly. We are charging on the 120V with the included Panasonic 'backup' EVSE while we await the installation of a 240V changer. The car is making a 'buzz' while it's charging as I've come to expect when...

I will be taking delivery of my new RAV4EV this coming weekend and the next major decision at hand is to decide on a changer. At this point, my top 3 considerations are the following in no particular order: 1) Leviton Evr-Green 7.7Kw $1055 on Amazon 2) AeroVironment 7.2Kw $1049 on Amazon 3)...

First of all, I'd like to state that I'm thoroughly looking forward to the delivery of our new RAV4EV this coming weekend when we return home from vacation. While on vacation in Sacramento, we borrowed a RAV4EV for an extended test drive to get a concrete impression of the car to make sure...