Does anyone know what the Zero Emission Vehicle Credits are worth on the Volt in the eleven or so states where the ZEV program is in force?

I bet the vast majority of Volts are sold in ZEV states. Rumor was there was a spike in credit prices recently. Some pure EV sales were getting close to $10,000 per car just for selling the ZEV credit.

The most recent figures I saw posted from CARB were almost two years old.

These don't seem all that strange.

Now find me a charging station at Fox News HQ or Exxon Mobile HQ? That would be strange.

Elkhart is set to be the global parts and service depot, although the final decision apparently has not been made.

The new four door model appears to be very close to production, design frozen?

We just sold our last gasoline car, my wife and I each have a Think. No looking back, I will never buy another combustion car!

GE does not fully comply with SAE J1772 revised on Feb of 2013. GE boxes tend not to work at all with the most mature EV of all, the Think with a 20 year history. To get the GE to work with a Think, you need to turn off the circuit breaker before you plug into the car.

I have personally witnessed GE boxes refusing to charge Leafs, Volts and Teslas although those problems are more rare.

Hubbell had problems with their Pep Station charging boxes, but they updated to J1772 Feb 2013 and the issues are gone.

If GE would bother to check the SAE updates, they would have a better product.

Traditional dealers are there to service piston cars.

Electric cars need little service, a tire store will do every several years for most. An new windshield wiper here and there.

Pistons go away, dealer goes away. Jobs change. We all breathe easier. It will work out in the long run.

Car dealers are about as popular as Congress. Much of the time, both groups are trying to get away with something.

Paul

The term in the National Electrical Code is "EVSE" for Electric Vehicle Service Equipment, not EVCS. But no matter, no one uses it.

I almost always charge at 120 volts at home. I carry a portable 240 volt charging box when I travel out of town. We also have 120 volt charging available at work. Those that have long commutes might need 240 volts at home, but it is uncommon.

Most people drive less than 40 miles a day, which is about 8 hours to charge at 120 volts.

Painted car panels? That is SO last century. My modern EV has advanced polymer panels. You can hit it with a baseball bat and nothing happens.

I heard a Leaf Technician speaking just yesterday, he said he has done cell level replacements. While high temperature at high state of charge for a long time is the worst thing you can do, it is likely that only one or maybe a few cells have degraded significantly.

Think's service manager goes way back to the EV1, and he tells me that some (not all) Volt dealers can do cell level replacement without sending the pack by to the factory.

What is Nissan's policy on pack diagnosis? It does not sound like these owners would care! They never got down to low SOC. So fuhgeddaboudit. If they someday need the range, maybe pay to have a couple cells replaced and then follow directions.

Our first car is the Think City EV. A year later, we bought our second Think City, as did two of my coworkers. Now we sell both of our over-ten-year-old gas cars. Our third vehicle will be Amtrak or some other "rental".

At least two more coworkers are considering buying Thinks. No Leafs at work yet.

That input cable cannot possibly be in compliance with the National Electrical Code and the NFPA. They just tie-wrapped some loose wires together for the input side. At least the output side had a compliant double insulated cable.

These guys are painting a giant target on their heads for the insurance people to raise their rates.

On the other hand a suppose more blatantly sexist advertising might be timely for the EV industry and suppliers. Sigh.

Are the Beach Boys still alive? They could do a remake of "409", except instead of 409 cubic inches it would refer to 409 volts. Ha. I think my battery tops out at 390 volts. Sigh