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EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - 800km trip in the Nissan Leaf to Arles in France and back home to Spain. Chargers not working, Chargers missing and badly behaved Tesla drivers The post 800km Trip with Rosie The Nissan Leaf appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - One of the great things with a connected electric car is the ability to remotely turn on the heating or AC. There’s also the timer in the car to set it up. Where I live is a fairly warm climate, at least, it is warm for most of the year. So it’s not needed to … The post Setting the Car Heating on a Timer appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - Following the stupid GPS Or is the driver stupid for following the GPS? It was the day of the road trip to France I wanted to go visit a modern art museum in the small town of Cerét in France. The trip was unsuccessful with the museum closed until April. I thought I was onto … The post Art Gallery Trip – Leaf Rat Run appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - Future of electric cars My own specific future for electric cars will be my Nissan Leaf. This is because I went with the option of buying the car outright and I didn’t want to go down the route of leasing. Many people are predicting we won’t own cars in the future, but we’ll have some … The post Electric Car Future appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - I went for a drive down the coast to check out a couple of charging points. I went to a place called Sant Pol de Mar and is not too far away from where Greg lives, the guy with the black 2018 Nissan Leaf. In the town there were three charging points to choose from … The post Type 2 or Granny Charging Speeds near Barcelona appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - On Saturday it was a small day trip out with the EV. The plan was to go to a town near to the border and enjoy ourselves in a restaurant in which you can eat yourself silly if you want to. It’s a buffet style restaurant and cheap as well. It’s in a shopping centre … The post EV Charging Roulette – On a Trip to France appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - I went for an end of January trip to France add EV chargers to Plugshare application. I set out from home with the Guess-o-Meter to telling me I had about 240 km in the battery. With the temperature being low I don’t get as many kilometres as I used to in the summertime. Last summer … The post Add Ev Chargers To Plugshare – France appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - Just after getting back from a trip to Birmingham for a family event the expected news from CES came through about the 2019 Nissan Leaf. There had already been plenty of rumours about what was coming with the new version of the generation 2 Leaf and there were no big surprises. The new size for … The post 2019 Nissan Leaf Announced & Trip To Birmingham appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - EV20Q Podcast 49 – Révéo Charging in France It was another electric car road trip day and this time to France. I recently received the Révéo RFID card and I wanted to test it out. On my last trip in a northerly direction to do the testing I wasn’t able to get past the traffic … The post Electric Car Road Trip in a Nissan Leaf appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - 48 – EV20Q Podcast News Since my last road trip with my Nissan Leaf I visited Ireland. I had to hire a car in Ireland and unfortunately, it was a petrol car. It sounded and felt really agricultural compared to driving my beautiful electric car. As we were leaving from Barcelona airport it was necessary … The post Leaf vs Hire Car – Gen 2 Leaf Facebook Group appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - Another RFID Card On account of receiving the new RFID card for Reveo which is an energy group for electric vehicle charging points in the south of France, I decided to take a trip to test it out. Started the day with a full charge which I have noted is less at this time of … The post Electric vehicle cross-border driving – Or not? appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - Disappointing Tesla Model 3 Day Trip to Barcelona I was going to set off first thing in the morning, but it was raining and I didn’t fancy driving in the rain. The day cleared at about lunchtime so I thought “Why the hell not?”, got in the car and drove. I arrived in Barcelona at … The post Tesla Model 3 Barcelona – Catalonia appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - EV public charging France – All the Options On one of my first trips to France with my electric car, my 2018 Nissan Leaf I got a little bit worried about EV public charging. I wasn’t able to charge the car at the Nissan dealer in Perpignan due to it being closed for lunch. I … The post EV Public Charging – In Charge in France appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - Excuses to drive my electric car During the summer time I drive my electric car every day of the week driving to and from work. Now that I’m off work for some months I don’t have anywhere I need to get to daily. I can quite easily spend three or four days at home in … The post My Electric Car Charging appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - The Barcelona Merry-Go-Round Today was road trip day. I decided to go and check out a couple more rapid chargers in Barcelona. Set out from home with the GPS coordinates set for a charger near to Poblenou, Vila Olimpica. It’s a 99 km journey and would take about an hour. I ended up doing a … The post Charging Electric Barcelona appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - RFID cards and apps for activating charge points I decided to go on another trip to Barcelona to test out various charging points around the city. I wanted to look at activating charge points with RFID cards and applications. I took delivery of a card from Sant Cugat de Vallés which was sent out from … The post Easy and Free Charging Electric Cars In Barcelona appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - Since June I’ve been driving my Nissan Leaf daily. Every single opportunity to go for a drive I’ve taken it. During the summertime, I think there was maybe only one day where Rosie, my 2018 Nissan Leaf had a day off. We were always doing an EV road trip. Now we are in the middle … The post EV Road Trip – It’s A Weird State Of Affairs appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - I started the day in a completely disorganised way. I didn’t put the car on charge the previous night, so didn’t have a full battery leaving home to go to Barcelona. Not at all worried because I had enough juice in the car to get to the city and there are plenty of charge points. … The post Public Charging Points Around Barcelona appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - Day Trip to the Salt Mines of Cardona Wasn’t sure if we were going to go on a trip to test EV Charging or not. So we ended up started out a little bit late. We really could’ve got out of the house earlier if we had made a plan. The idea eventually was to go … The post EV Charging Barcelona – Trip to Salt mines Cardona appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - The last time I did a trip to the Barcelona airport was just after I got my new car, the Nissan Leaf 2018. I wanted to use one of the Barcelona metropolitan area AMB chargers, but I couldn’t work out how to get it started. I didn’t know anything about the Barcelona rapid chargers and how … The post Barcelona Rapid Chargers – Mini Road Trip appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - Following a successful trip to the mountains the week before and having worries about whether the car would make it over the top we set out once again. The worries came about due to the lack of destination chargers in the town where we were staying, or any of the towns nearby. The worry was … The post Rapid Charger Drama? Nissan Leaf goes to the mountains appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - What’s All the fuss about Rapidgate? I went 500km in one day and rapid charged 3 times and it fitted in perfectly with my personal needs to be fed and watered. Started with 100 percent in the battery and left for Perpignan in France. Charged there for about 20 minutes to get to about 85%. Next … The post Rubbish Rapidgate 500km Trip Nissan Leaf – No Problem appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - Last week I went to Perpignan which is not too far across the border from here in Spain. On the way there I was able to do some electric car charging at a shopping centre just before crossing the border and they gave me plenty of range. I was able to do a scenic drive … The post Electric Car Charging – The Nissan Leaf in France appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - EV20Q Talking to Nicolas Raimo – EV Nick the Renault Zoe Driver Buying a Renault Zoe secondhand In this interview with EV Nick we have a chat about all things electric vehicle. Nick is a happy Renault Zoe driver. He bought the car second hand and got a good deal helped by the fact he … The post EV Nicolas Raimo – Renault Zoe Driver appeared first on EV 20 Questions.

EV20Q Electric Car Ownership - On my day off I decided the first thing to do was to wash Red Rosie the 2018 Nissan Leaf. I’ll talk about the Pro Pilot Assist problems shortly. A bird had used Rosie for target practice and had scored a bull’s-eye. There were also loads of marks on it from the rain from the … The post Pro Pilot Assist problems – Faulty Radar Sensor appeared first on EV 20 Questions.