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Nissan LEAF available at Santa Monica Enterprise Rent-A-Car location

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car now offers customers the Nissan LEAF electric vehicle (EV) for daily and weekly rental at its 1702 Santa Monica Blvd. Enterprise recently announced plans to add 500 Nissan LEAF EVs at select locations throughout its neighborhood network and through its WeCar car-sharing program throughout this year.

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Personal: Chevy Volt—Still Electric After All These Years

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I love several things about the Volt that tipped my decision to buy out the lease and keep on driving—mostly on electricity: The Lectron charger has style and speed. Electric-only range of the Volt has not only not diminished , but I’m regularly see 60-mile estimated ranges after a charge. The car has been nearly flawless.

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SoCal Edison white paper shares data about PEV usage and charging

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SCE began its PEV readiness efforts in 2009, and quantified the anticipated impact of PEVs on the electric grid before consumers began buying and leasing them. Using the “end charge” time programing feature (when drivers program their charging to be complete by a specific time) is better for grid reliability and neighborhood circuits.

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

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Like nearly everyone else with an electric vehicle (EV) on Saint Thomas, Doug White, co-founder of Virgin Islands Electric Vehicle Association , drives a Nissan LEAF. Of course, they have to offer other Nissan models as well, but their focus has definitely been on driving electric.” “The The LEAF is very versatile, too,” added White.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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Volkswagen , Nissan , and Hyundai have moved to produce the kinds of cars that can use such bidirectional chargers—alongside similar vehicle-to- home technology , whereby your car can power your house, say, during a blackout, as promoted by Ford with its new F-150 Lightning. Those arguments are not yet settled. But big automakers like.

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Univ of Utah studies find up to 27 seconds of mental distraction for drivers after using new hands-free technologies

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The studies also showed older drivers—those most likely to buy autos with infotainment systems—are much more distracted than younger drivers when giving voice commands. Unlike the 2013 and 2014 studies, which included primarily people in their 20s, subjects in the new studies ranged in age from 21 to 70. Methodology.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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A lot of current and upcoming electric cars are in the 300-mile range. It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. And that will get you to your destination with something like 25 or 30 percent of battery range remaining. And otherwise, it's a single shot.