The First LEAF Owner in the World was ... French, from SF Bay Area, Olivier Chalouhi

Already 3 years ... I remember watching this Event set up by Nissan at the San Francisco city hall and this French family man, Olivier Chalouhi, getting the keys to the First LEAF in the World

Now, after 3 years and 30,000 miles driving it almost everyday, to commute, but also to go on family trips, many of his friends and colleagues have been converted to Electric Drive ...

Take the 2013 Smart Electric Drive for a spin through San Francisco

This reminds me of the years I spent in San Francisco ...



"The 2013 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive is the least expensive all electric car that you can purchase in the United States. The previous generation of the tiny city car EV was only available for lease at $599.00 per month. Needless to say Smart lease only 250 total Smart EVs in the United States. Today you can lease the new 2013 Smart Fortwo Elecric Drive for just $139 per month. In another fun and informative TFLcar video we tell you every thing that you ever wanted to know about the new 2013 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive."




Downtown SF

Golden Gate Bridge

Lombard Street

Russian Hill

Marina / Crissy Field

Park Presidio

There are More and More EVs in Paris !

All seen last saturday afternoon ...

Smart ED Convertible @ Porte de Saint Cloud 

Renault Zoe @ Olympia, close to Opera

Renault Twizy @ Opera

Citroen C-Zero @ Champs Elysées / Arc de Triomphe

My favorite remains our Nissan LEAF @ Lycée Janson de Sailly / Rue de la Pompe, Paris 16e

Special thanks to my son Clément for all these pictures taken while I was behind the wheel :-)

Electric VW Transporter, Episode 7

Richard Van Wyhe continues his VW Double Cab Transporter conversion

In this Episode: Controller mounting, Component Board, Vacuum Pump wiring, a Special Guest, and more...