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I ended up "trading in" my 2016 SE w/DCFC for a 2019 w/DAP today at VW Oakland. Basically they just added on my remaining lease payments to the price of the car. Discount was 10k off, it was relatively painless.

This... I will be hanging onto EV-A till the bitter end! But for non-solar customers having more flexibility to charge during the day is nice.

I was planning to buy out my leased 2016 in January at around 12k, but that doesn't seem wise when I can get a 2019 se for 24k before rebates!

I'm only about 8 months into my lease and have already thought about what I would do haha. My residual is 11.3k but I also did buy the excess wear coverage so that's a reason to return the car. This is my first car lease as well (I've always bought my cars used) so I'm actually inclined to...

@daeofcal My timeline was similar to yours. I do not think income verification has anything to do with it since they would tell you if you were selected for income verification.

I also purchased this EVSE on ebay and it has worked flawlessly so far. The solar installer helped me install a 14-50 receptacle (50A breaker) and I made my own 14-50 to 6-50 adapter cable using 8/3 SOOW cord. I am able to charge my e-golf at the full 7.3kW rate. The instructions actually...

Actually now that I think about it, I remember reading your post on the Tesla forum. I got a quote from Swell Energy as well, but the two installers they use for "my area" were based more than 100 miles away in the Sacramento area which I thought was interesting. Perhaps they might have a...

Anyone with rooftop solar considering a Tesla Powerwall 2? Even with the CA SGIP incentive and federal ITC, it would never pay for itself in my situation. To me, the benefits I see are: 1. To be on the bleeding edge of technology 2. Have backup power if the grid goes down while also allowing...

Two things come to mind that may help you decide As of 3/1/17, PG&E got rid of tier 3 and 4 and raised the price of tiers 1 and 2 by about 5%. There is a high usage rate for those that go above 300% of baseline (or 4x of the baseline allowance). In general, if you charge your car overnight...

Sorry to hear you have been without power for so long. I tried to run my fridge off a 1000w (2000w) peak inverter and it was a no go. The sticker inside my fridge said 7.2A @ 120V which is 864 watts. In theory it should have worked, but I guess there is probably some inefficiency within the...

Just curious, are you using a modified or pure sine wave inverter? I have a cheaper modified sine wave inverter and from what I've read some devices may not work at all and inductive loads such as refrigerator compressors will work a bit harder which is ok if we're just using the inverter for...

Great deal! If only this had come up a month or two ago...

I just read this, but starting this week there will be no more tier 3 and the rates for tiers 1 and 2 will go up 9% and 14% respectively. Lower usage customers will pay slightly more and higher usage customers will pay slightly less. Pure TOU plans are unchanged...

Yes, thanks for posting your results. I am going to use this to keep my refrigerator powered while my main panel gets upgraded for solar in a few weeks. The sticker inside my fridge says 7.2A and after the compressor turns on the draw is only about 150W as verified by my Kill-A-Watt. The...

I just put my deposit down for solar so hopefully I'll be joining the club soon. After solar, I still plan to stay on E6 as long as I don't hit tier 3 rates mainly because E6 is closed and there's no going back once you leave. If you charge overnight daily or every other day, I think EVA will...

I stand corrected, if I go solar I could stay on E6 but if I decided to change to EVA I would not be able to change back to E6.

E6 is great if I can keep myself out of Tier 3 rates. So far I have been able to do this by charging sparingly at home. I can charge close to work for $1/hr which is cheaper than the E6 Tier 2 rate, plus I'm a lower mileage driver. I am looking into solar and would for sure go EVA if that...

Thanks for sharing! I actually started making a spreadsheet to do the very thing you describe, glad I do not need to reinvent the wheel.

Very helpful post, thanks. I am actually looking into solar and weighing all of the various options you described. E6 is by far the cheapest for me for the time being. I charge at home sparingly so I am able to keep my overall usage out of E6’s tier 3 rates. All the TOU plans including EV-A...

My office has SEMA Connect chargers that are $2/hr for L2 charging that goes up to $5/hr after the first two hours. The first two hours come out to about $0.40/kWh which is PG&E's peak rate so I guess it makes sense??? That being said, I only charge there when I absolutely need to. I...