TWIDO - A New French Smart Water Heater that should help lower your Energy Bill

Discovered through EDF Pulse newsletter two weeks ago, this southern France innovation sounds brilliant to me: Be able to have a space saving - flat &  slim - water heater, composed of several small tanks in series, heatable independently and connected to the internet

Intresting quotes from the CEO & Inventor:

"You knows what they're spending on hot water ?"

"The best way to save energy is to not use it at all"

"It's about time to re-invent hot water !"

"This could save a family 20 to 30 EUR per month"



This allows you to get control back on one of the most energy consuming device at home, that had been left as is for decades ....



Slim with 25 cm of depth only


Some options can be mounted onto it, like a toilet seat, a towel dryer, or just decorative lights


Also, as it does not use a sumerged heating element, but an outter heating element - around the container -, they said it could last 20 to 30 years, instead of 10 for a regular one



Follow your hot water energy consumption - Water heater is one of the most energy consuming device at home -


The dedicated App / Website - myTwido.com - allows to get back in control with your hot water use: Heat up only the amount of water you really need instead of the whole tank in a regular unit


Program your tanks heating depending on your real needs throughout the week
Star & Stop heating each tank one by one, you can get hot water faster this way, more economically too



This company's innovative product has been selected by EDF Pulse and is about to win


This is just great, I think, and I am interested in having it installed at home

But wait, there's more ... They have a Solar Twido in the works, that should be able to use your home generated solar surplus to make hot water - like the Energeno Optimmersion in a away -


Their website: http://www.twido.fr
Their Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv6T7-7cDgGQaB2lo410zYQ
Their Facbook Page: https://www.facebook.com/mytwido

Another video featuring their CEO Olivier Cocheteux / 2&Go.com

BMW C Evolution - I finally got my scooter back and it is working just fine :)

Last Friday, 10 days ago, I went to the BMW shop in Boulogne and returned my loaner C Evolution to get my original scooter back, after they told me the breakdown I experienced 3 months ago was caused by firmware bug, fixed by the latest release end of November.



BMW took a long time to solve this, probably gathering CAN error messages from several C Evolution scooters across Europe which had the same warning signs on their dashboard.



I was told by the head of BMW scooters in France that it was caused, or could be reproduced by turning ON, OFF, and ON again the ignition key ... Still I am the only one who got the big breakdown forcing me to stop on the side of the road and be towed back to the dealer. For this reason he also asked to shop to replace my throttle, to make sure no error was coming from this also.



I am now commuting again with it, unless the temperature is too close to 0°C, icy road being to risky with a 2-wheel. The power is like before, awesome and I am having a blast with my machine now :)
Thanks to BMW I was able to enjoy Electric rides during these last 3 months, with an identical C Evolution loaner.






I am now almost at 6 months of daily rides with a BMW C Evolution and I can assure you it is one great machine ... I am actually going for a ride today since it is sunny, taking my daughter with me, yesterday it was my son's turn, under the cold rain, but we enjoyed it also :)

If you have not test driven it yet, I recommend you do so to experience and understand why I chose this amazing scooter !

Enphase M250 Micro Inverter is finally available in France & Europe

One year after its release in the USA in July 2013, the world's most famous and sold¨- 5 Million ! - micro inverter is available in it European version, the M250, the 4th and most powerful version




I had been waiting for it to test it on my DIY ESS Residential Storage System ...
Last April I attempted to use it in its US version

Nissan unveils the e-NV200 this week to journalists in Europe and releases a video shot in France

Shot in Nice and surroundings the in French Riviera, this new commercial mostly focuses on the commercial use of the e-NV200, including Taxi in its full window version