You do not need an expensive new EV to have a lot of fun. From trips to Northern Ontario, ski trips and everything in between see how we made the most of our used Nissan Leaf.
Free Home Charging?
Recently I became aware of “The Grizzle-E club” (source). It is organized by United Chargers, the EVSE manufacturer of the Grizzle-E charging staions. You can get a home charging station for as little as $100 (installation is extra), and earn up to 10c/kWh thereafter. Lets look at the economics of this, take a closer look…
The Kia EV4
As the teenagers get taller, the limitations of the Leaf are starting to become apparent. Don’t get me wrong, the 2018 Nissan LEAF is a great car, but suffers from two limitations: Limited legroom in the back and longer motorway journey times than necessary. Most of the time, these are just fine, but for family…
Is the Ontario Auto-industry screwed?
Much ink has been spilled on the state of Ontario’s auto-industry. The sector faces many challenges: High labour costs, tarriff drama, and electrification to name a few. That last one, even prompted Mr. Ford to encourage BC and Quebec to abandon their electrification goals (source). We believe Mr. Ford’s insistance on BC and Quebec to…
Montreal
As avid readers of this blog might have noticed, I have not done a trip report in a while. Mostly because motorway travel in an EV is not really an issue these days. New EVs can easilly cover 300 km without charging, and once at a charging station one charges up before the driver enjoys…
The demise of the Tesla model S and X
Earlier this year two old stalwarths in Tesla’s lineup called it quits. After 14 years on the market, it became official and Tesla announced that 2026 would be the last model year for the Model S and X. While it is true that both of these models are long in the tooth, and to some…
EV to Grid?
The battery in my EV is 3-4 times bigger than the one in my home battery system. This could make quite the difference, in a prolonged power outage, that 3-4 times capacity sure would be nice. Lets explore some options for how my EV would be connected to the grid. Briefly an EV can be…
5 local things to speed the EV transition
Suppose you are concerned about the state of the EV market (source), and lets say it so happens you are not the prime minister, but a policy maker on a more local level, say Major, City counsellor etc. What can we do? Turns out lots, lets dole out some free advice to our city/town policy…
Charging on the new Ivy Kempower chargers
Ontario started the Ivy charging network back in 2020 (source). Ivy operates on most Onroute rest-stops common along Ontario’s highways (source), as well as other locations. In my experience, reliability has been better than average, perhaps 90% or so first charge success, hence I would check plugshare and the Ivy-app ahead of time. I found…
A new LEAF
Had a chance to have a peak at the new 2026 Nissan LEAF during a charging stop, in my trusty 2018 Nissan LEAF. The new version rides taller than its predicessor, it is now firmly in crossover territory. Like its predicessor, there are two charge ports, a J1772 for L2 charging, and a NACS port…
The case for a home battery expansion
My home battery provider has optional DC expansion packs available. Briefly, this would add another 13.5 kWh to the existing 13.5 kWh netting a total capacity of 27 kWh. This would allow me to add DC capacity to my home battery system which would provide some benefits, particularly with Toronto Hydro eh, not forbidding brown…
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