DIY ESS - One Year After Voltage Check

I have been using these 8 CALB CA180FI LiFePO4 cells over the last year with No BMS and they are still perfectly in balance ! They have been Bottom Balanced once and slightly under charged. Nothing more :-)

http://www.diyesskit.com




Special thanks to Clement for filming his dad's stuff 

Two Years After Launch, Autolib Has 40,000 Subscribers

Paris carsharing service Autolib— largest vehicle sharing service in the world that exclusively uses electric cars—completed two full years of operation.

40,000 Parisians currently subscribe to Autolib and almost all of them bought a 1-year subscription plan (over 38,000 according to some reports).




In its third year, Autolib expects to grow by another 25%.

Autolib has over 2,000 cars and over 4,000 charging points. Average distance for one driving session is approximately 9 km (5.5 miles) based on 3.4 million sessions. We believe that the average subscribers uses Autolib’s Bluecars once a week or less.




In parallel with the development of Autolib, Bollore is preparing clones of the car sharing service in other French cities.

Source : Inside EVs

My E-Life Now ! First Anniversary

I realized that today it has been one year of posting what I do to save energy, drive electric, and some e-related news on this blog
Thanks for following my blog or just visiting :-)

Nissan LEAF Plant Visit at Oppama, Japan

Some LEAF owners and  members of the San Francisco BAY LEAF Association were lucking enough to visit the Nissan LEAF assembly line in Oppama, Japan



On the eve of the Nissan LEAF's second birthday, some owners from overseas visited Japan to see the factories where the batteries and electric vehicles were produced.

Gary Lieber, co-founder of the SF BayLEAFs Club

First LEAF owner in Florida