[knoxie]

Thats amazing! 10 miles? I have some lipo that is 10 years old now and is at about 80%, I have some NIMH that are 15 years old and still have full capacity.

Not sure if the battery chemistry in the Leaf will be quite as sound though? whilst I lease the car its not as much of a concern although I am keen for the batteries to last well for the next user of the car and I look after them with that in mind.

Great to see more posts like this with real world driving examples without the stress and worry of those bothersome rapid chargers!

Super Job and mostly on sunshine in the last year too!

 

[knoxie]

Brilliant! yes we pulled over 20kwh out of our solar PV system today as well, as we are low mileage I can say that pretty much 100% of our home charging will be solar between late feb and early October, I could make it a definite 100% if I built an EVSE with an adjustable setting.

Its a very nice feeling driving in sunshine on sunshine, people still say to me its the future when it really is the now for many of us, I know not everyone can afford solar panels and electric cars but hopefully that will change in the future and the only way the prices are going to come down is by people who can afford to do it..doing it!