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And we just got an email saying that the older version will stop working soon.

Yup, they apparently are trying to enforce the distinction between car net basic, and the eve functions only level. They didn't get it right, as various Ev functions that were under the remote section (like the consumption graph) while on the web page aren't accessible with the app.

The factory level one charger has a stiffer seal ring, getting it to click at current negative temps can be challenging. Oh yea keep an eye on the temps, lithium batteries can freeze at -15F. It will take a while, but once frozen you have to tow it to someplace heated to thaw. Supposedly...

They don't understand snow. The angled socket and side opening door are too slavish a copy of the ICE models. It doesn't occur to them that the door will be open for hours, and having other than a vertical, flush faced socket, means collecting snow is inevitable. Then there is the issue of the...

If it isn't showing a red light, the problem is the rubber seal gets so stiff that the plug doesn't fully seat. So yet another way the charger might be afraid of the cold. I know that all the fairenheights are hiding right now, it hit negative numbers before midnight. Don't know what that is...

So the factory supplied charger is occasionally getting into an error state. It lights up the bottom two red LED's, which the chart on the back says "internal error". So far, mostly content free. Like many things, they blink them to give more detail. In this case it does three sets of two...

Interesting. We have a '15 SEL, and turning on cabin heat is typically a 10% hit. (10 miles drop, tops. Same as summer AC use) And here in New England we get a lot colder than the Bay Area. It's in the low 20's right now... Hitting the "max defrost" button which uses both the heat pump in...

We have owned "Fiver" for a year now. So it was time for a new inspection sticker... Pulling in to get it, I realized that this was the first time the car had ever visited one. Beat out my volt owning brother, who only got 6 months out of his first tank of gas...

We have owned "Fiver" for a year now. So it was time for a new inspection sticker... Pulling in to the gas station to get it, I realized that this was the first time the car had ever visited one. Beat out my volt owning brother, who only got 6 months out of his first tank of gas...

Almost every time we are charging away from home, we are at some event. It would be a pain (or in some cases not really feasible) to go move the car when it finished charging, but the concert has another 90 minutes to run. If the chargers are oversubscribed at your office, its an indication...

Set the charge rate to maximum. The charger advertises to the car what the maximum amperage that it will supply is, so you don't need to know the exact charger output. There are two reasons I can think to ever use the charge rate limit - one is that you have multiple level 2 chargers on the...

Well they updated the IOS app yesterday. You have to sign back in, which means write down your account number before installing the update. (they also do two factor authorization, you give acct and PIN, they then text you the authorization code so make sure the "official" phone for the account...

Oh well. Does the coil like DC? if so a buck regulator could help make an agile one. I take it they didn't use a dual coil relay, and jumpers like the input transformer... Anyhow, our unmodified 110 volt "delphi" branded level one box that came with the car has decided to throw "Power Fault"...

Ah yes, McMaster They have everything, and you can afford nothing. The adapters from the other supplier look a lot more reasonable. 6-30 isn't so bad tho I don't currently have anything that uses it. I routinely use 6-50's (welders) 10-30's (plugging in various 220 volt tools. 6-20's...

Thanks for the info. It sounds like a good thing for travel use, especially since my L2 charger is very bulky since it has a 12 meter charging cord. (and its doubly bulky as its 50 amp (#6 awg) conductors). I would make one change - find a 4PDT switch that could be made waterproof, and make...

The area with the black pattern right next to the mirror is specifically for things like EZ-Pass. Its where we put ours, and it works fine. When I last looked, the manual specifically said that was the place to put it.

The purpose of the "F&I" department is to put back in all the profit that they had to negotiate away to get you to sign the deal. When we bought ours, the F&I guy tried to sell us LoJack (on a SEL, that had it built in), Scotchguard (on a car with a Vinyl interior), and a road hazard policy for...

next one to get, plugshare. Its network agnostic.

We bought the Juice box. (the fancy one with wifi, etc). The big reason was that we needed a long charger cord, so we didn't have to back into the driveway. We bought it without a charger cord, and I sourced a 12 meter cord elsewhere. (It also means that I can convert a full sized 2 stage...

My Volt owning brother tried our e-Golf last Sunday. He was impressed with the amount of low speed torque, and noticed the low CG in its handling. He was surprised that the battery is air cooled. One thing that I hope shows up for us e-golf owners, was that some enthusiasts have reverse...