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Is it just me, or the new website does NOT show the current battery percentage anywhere?

There is one near the 105 and 405 - by Fresh and Easy (1700-C Rosecrans Avenue Manhattan Beach, CA 90266), but you are cutting it close, not sure how time sensitive your appointments are. There is also a Level 3 at Walgreens (18568 Ventura Boulevard, Tarzana, CA, 91356) even a 15 minute top-off...

So I finally got to try this trip to Big Bear. Left Santa Monica (near the airport) with 100% charge Friday night around 7pm, took the 10 West to downtown then the 60 East to the 215 North to the Inland Center Mall (500 Inland Center Dr, San Bernardino, CA, 92408). Arrived with 21% left. Charged...

You have to hold the 0.0 button for a while (like 20 seconds), then press again to zero it.

From what I've read, the car is happiest between 20% and 80% - if possible keep the range between those two. As for the miles "guesstimate" on the display, it re-calculates that based how you drive. Let's say you drive 60 miles one day in the city only, then charge to 80%, it will show 82...

I believe this is in case you keep tripping the electrical circuit breaker, let's say your dryer is on the same circuit for example, car charging and dryer starts, and the breaker trips. You can use this to "dial down" the amps the car draws to solve this issue (if you have it).

I have an iPhone 6 - when I go to e-manager / departure time / setup cog upper right corner it only let's me change the percentage in 10% increments ONLY - anyone else has this issue?

For CA DMV it will give you an option to enter your number and they will call back (800-777-0133), I've called at 10:30am this morning and got a call back 2 hours later. Much better than having to wait on the line.

Drive-off and down payment can be (almost) as much or as little as you can negotiate. I've got quotes from 6 different dealers before I leased my e-Golf on Dec. 19. The numbers I received were as little as $1,000 "out-the-door" (meaning down and drive-off combined) to as high as $4,500 --- it's...

As far as I know NRG eVgo is in California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. For Plugshare, under "Legend" in the upper right, click "More Options" -- this will bring up "Settings". Un-check everything but "SAE Combo DCFC". Nissan and ChaDeMo had a 4 year head...

I've signed up for their "Flex" plan, yes there was a 1 time $4.95 set-up fee, but there is no monthly charge if I don't use it. That $5 does give me a piece of mind, although I may only use it once in a while.

Here is an idea that I will try and test --- seems the issue is that the car goes to sleep after about 2 hours -- what if one created 4 different schedules to try and keep the car "awake" till the lower tiered electric rate times comes around. Here is what I'm thinking: Schedule 1 - plug the...

I'm having the same issue. Per the manual the windshield wiper stalk is supposed to have a rocker switch on the end, and a reset button on the bottom, to control the trip functions too. But neither is present on my car.

NRG eVgo seems to be the main one around LA, I signed up for the Flex plan, so there is no monthly charge. Most of the time I'll charge at work or home, so I don't expect to use it a lot, but I'll have it just in case.

See the pictures below, and try and follow these steps: 1. lift the trunk floor, remove the tire kit, remove the compressor (since it's the biggest piece). 2. "aim" the side of the compressor at a 45 degree angle into the opening towards the corner of the vehicle (see 1st picture below) 3. once...