Tesla Model S coming on june 22nd

Tesla Motors has announced it will begin deliveries of its Model S sedan next month. The first customers to slap down a reservation for the battery electric vehicle will be put behind the wheel from June 22nd, a month ahead of schedule.

The company also revealed a number of new features that will allow drivers to personalize the feel of their ride by using the car’s 17-inch touchscreen to adjust steering, suspension and regenerative braking settings.

Green Overdrive: Electric scooter sharing with Scoot!

Scoot is providing a simple Electric Scooter Sharing Service to ride in San Francisco
Using an iPhone App to locate a station, rent, and ride the scooter, this rental service is very simple to use and promising with a 25 miles range to cover inside San Francisco small trips



Katie Fehrenbacher (GigaOM TV) & Michael Keating (Scoot Networks)

Going for a ride

Back from the ride

The iPhone is plugged in and is used as dashborad instrumentation showing Speed, Battery state of charge, Rental duration, and a GPS Map to help your during your ride !

The scooter looks cool and neat I think

Ford Torino from my LEAF

Spotted a Ford Torino in traffic jam yesterday, and I thought I would take some pictures because it is rare and also illustrates well the gap between these two cars

Muscle car (?) from the 70's in the US

The guy was pumping his pedal and doing burn outs to impress girls passing by 

He's burning fossil fuel & tires

In the meantime, I'm growing trees ;-)

Autolib sends me a permanent plastic RFid badge

I received this along with a letter from them thanking me for using this service and a simili leather Autolib card holder.
It says that as soon as I start using this permanent card, the yellow temporary one will be automatically deactivated

【Nissan LEAF×未来日記】 第４話 ドライブ篇

4th Episode of this Japanese serie

Vectrix Store in Paris

The Vectrix Store in France is located in Paris:

VECTRIX STORE - 16 rue Michel le Comte 75003 PARIS - Tél. 01 45 04 07 61

In summer I am feeding back way too much into the grid

My average consumption in summer being 70W, when nothing is switched on, when I switch ON my Energy Storage Device in Inverter Mode, it produces 400W, so I am loosing 330W getting out of my home grid circuits and wasted in a way
I have to find a way to produce less in Summer or, better, exactly what I need ...

Energy Storage System OFF => Wattson reads 72W (no loads in the house, apart phantom ones)

Energy Storage System ON => Wattson reads - 324W ! 

I am also considering changing my Battery Pack configuration to 24V, using smaller Grid Tie Inverter producing only 220W, that would be more appropriate for this