Any plans or thoughts to modify? ;-) On December 21, 2014 6:14:34 PM CST, Bill Dube via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: >Eva and I just bought a 2012 Leaf with 16K miles on it for a little >over >$15k (after CO state incentives.) About the same cost as the components > >for doing a conversion, but you end up with a _much_ nicer car than you > >could ever think of building yourself. Plus, you are spared a year's >work of doing the build. > >We were convinced that now is the time to buy by Steve and Dee West in >New Zealand during our recent visit. We went to Green Eyed Motors in >Boulder to buy our Leaf. They very cleverly only sell used EVs that >they >purchase from out of state, and never titled in Colorado. They thus >qualify for the full Colorado tax credit. The liked us, so they even >threw in a wall charger. (Usually ~$400.) Very knowledgeable folks that > >were a pleasure to buy a car from. >http://www.greeneyedmotors.com > >What we were blown away by is the sheer number of charging stations >that >are now available. There are over a hundred in the Denver area alone! >https://na.chargepoint.com/charge_point >Most of them are free. You simply sign up for "ChargePoint" and tap the > >charger with your ChargePoint card. Tried it out for the first time >today at Beau Jo's Pizza. Had a wonderful meal while my car charged for > >free. You can ask the car navigation system where the nearest charging >station is, check using your phone to see whether or not it is in use, >reserve it, and the nav. will lead you right to it. Once you are >plugged >in, the Leaf sends you messages on your smart phone, like "charge >complete". You can then tell it to turn on the climate control or ask >for a status update using your smart phone. > >A _lot_ has changed in the short time (17 years?) I have been on the >EVDL. Who would have thought then that you could buy an OEM EV at a >reasonable price that would have 80+ miles of real-world range, (with >heat!) and that there would be a whole network of chargers to plug >into? > >You can visit out Facebook Fan page to read about our Leaf, our NZ >trip, >and our EV land speed racing: >https://www.facebook.com/killacycle >No need to be a facebook member to look at our "fan" page. Just ignore >the annoying sign-in request by pressing <escape> or clicking cancel. > >Bill & Eva >_______________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
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