Renault Zoe ICEing a charge spot at the mall !

Renault Zoe ICEing the second charge spot at the mall last friday!

Parked and not plugged in, of course because Zoe can not plug into a regular 200V outlet
Everything about it already explained in this older post






When I came back, there was a DIY ? Kit Plugin Prius II plugged in ...

That reminded me of 2009, four years ago, when I had installed this Enginer PHEV Kit in mine ...



He signaled clearly that it is a pluggin car


A Cycle Analyst can be seen on the dashboard

Charging in Paris : ICEd, Smart ED Plugged in, and under the Rain

Oh no ! Another ICE car parked on Electric only spots !

Good thing, the driver was in the car, and after waving at him, he replied 'Not leaving', so insisted showing the Electric Only sign and that I wanted to park here to Charge up ... He finally got it and left ...

We park, Béatrice is taking care of the LEAF charge cord and I check out this Smart ED, park, plugged in and charging 

First time I see one here, it really looks cool

Mennekes charge plug & charge port

We're all set and charging too

Yes , in the rain ... => not a problem

It is all waterproof

A Professional Photographer and When 2 LEAF meet ...

Last saturday, right after a photo shoot with Photographer Youlia Nikolova, at Palais Royal - in Paris, close to Le Louvre -, we went for an Italian ice-cream ...

-> Making of

-> Youlia's Website

...

Surprise: A black LEAF - unplugged -, at our usual free Charging Station behind Mairie de Paris.

I always tell my kids: "On va charger chez Bertrand !" = "Let's go charge at Bertrand's !" ; Bertrand is the first name of Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë

Vectrix Surprise Charging @ Mairie de Paris & The Return of the Black LEAF @ Autolib Charging Station

Today, plugging in at Mairie de Paris as usual, we had the surprise to see a blue Vectrix, coming from Brittany, kind of far from Paris 

It had a custom yellow thick charging cable

"Department" 56 on the plate, Morbihan, close to the Atlantic Ocean

I thouhgt: Maybe he came step by step from there to Paris ...

And, like few weeks ago, we saw thi sBlack LEAF plugged in at an Autolib Charging Station (not the Third Party EV Charge Spot, but the same Autolib Spot, which you can use but it cost you way more (so why use this one ??)

Zoe - Plugged in, not Charging

2012 Paris Motor Show

Renault ZOE plugged in (not charging really, just to show people how it works)

Z.E. logo is actually lit in blue, nice touch ...

Opened hood with Cameleon charger visisble and connector plugged in

The charge station has a Type 3 connector (standard in France, not in Europe, but this is going to change)

Japanese Family with a red LEAF 日産リーフオーナーインタビュー 奥野さま

I watched this video a long time ago and wanted to share it here :-)

100％電気自動車　日産リーフ　オーナーさまインタビュー
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More about it here

They have solar panels over the parking doors

Wallbox installed in my parking for LEAF & Vectrix

Here is an overview of my "Wallbox" that I installed in my underground parking in december 2011, few days after I got my LEAF delivered

I purchased a second standard Nissan EVSE from eBay and mounted it onto the wall close to the front end of the LEAF 

A 10 meters 16A extension cord is used to connect the electric panel in the back of the parking spot to the front EVSE 

Overview of the "Wallbox" with the LEAF plugged in

Front view

The charge cable with the J1772 plug is rolled around a hook screwed into the wall at hand level to be able to reach it easily

The Vectrix extension cord is just sitting on top of this wall hook

without the Vectrix cable

I use the round / loop shaped head of this hook to hang the J1772 plug with its hook 

The EVSE is secureley mounted on the wall using 4 screws and the extension cord is simply plugged into it

Two 10 meters 16A extension cords connected to the original Nissan EVSE and for the Vectrix

Extension cords running on the ceiling

and plugged into the electric panel sockets 

I had this independant "waterproof" electric panel installed on the back of my parking spot with a 30mA differential circuit breaker, a 20A circuit breaker, and 3 sockets / outlets backk in december 2009 to start charging my Prius pluggin (I had nstalled an Enginer PHEV  kit by then)
Since a dedicated power line had to be created for me, I had ERDF install an individual power meter in the building electric technical room (located in the parking), and an electrician installed a 60 meters line leading to this panel on my parking spot.

I wanted 3 outlets to be able to charge several EVs at the same time and it was a good idea because I am now plugging in the Vectrix and the LEAF
I also added a kill-a-watt equivalent meter for each line: I reset them when I plug in and check them when I unplug to see how much energy (in kWh) has been used for charging :-)

So this is my "Wallbox" ...
I have been charging the LEAF like at night for the last 9 months without any problem, and the Vectrix for  two years now