KiWhi Pass - Nissan Charge RFID Badge received and activated

This week, I received this RFid Badge from Nissan for free; It will allow the use and payment - even if charging stations are mostly free for now - of public chargers in France with a unique Badge

KiWhi is the company that makes this badge and Nissan partenered with them to offer this unique solution to their customers, for free ...



Registration on the KiWhi Pass website and link with the badge
After that you can refill your badge using your credit card, and a little fee is added, for example, 60cts charge for a 20 EUR refill



More charging stations are added and visible sorted by date, descending


I will have to test it somewhere now ...

Autolib - Just Registered for Third Party EV charging

Last night, I passed by an Autolib station in Boulogne to register and get a new RFID badge to be able to charge the LEAF on any Autolib charging spot in Paris and surroundings



5 minutes later, I got it printed by the remote operator who scanned the LEAF registration (remotely too): It says Recharge AUTO this time - I previously got one for the Vectrix and it was saying 2 ROUES or 2 Wheels almost 2 years ago -



As told, I passed my brand new RFID badge in front of the Autolib main console and unlocked it typing a PIN number I chose during registration


Tht's it, ready to go and charge almost anywhere :-) !

The rates have changed and lowered a lot since last time I looked: It is only 15 EUR for registration (once only, renewal is free every year) and 1 EUR only per hour of charge on a Third Party charge spot or a Regular Autolib charge spot. At night , the rate is blocked to 4 EUR maximum to let people charge for a fixed rate at night between 8PM and 8AM ! Awesome !

It used to be 180 EUR per year plus 3 or 4 EUR per hour of charge, I don't remember exactly, but I did not want to pay for all this at that time



These new rates will, I think, encourage new EV purchase for people who can not charge them at home and are certainly part a of a new political will to increase the number of EVs in Paris.

More info on Autolib website : Autolib.eu

Autolib Free Charge Test with the LEAF

As promised, I did the test of opening an Autolib lid, and using the J1772 connector, connected to the LEAF charge port, try see if it charges: No luck nothing will happen but the ussual beeping sound coming from the LEAF detecting a plug is connected, but that's it
The power is probably cut off before inside the charge station and the use of a proper RFid badge is mandatory ... (which seams normal)