Recent content by Braxus

Hey Guys. Testin' the waters here with my 2013 Rav4 EV that is still eligible for the extended warranty before I plop it on Craiglist and other sites. My 3yr lease ends on August 8, 2016, so buyer should have up to that time to purchase an extended warranty if desired. Heater core unit was...

Yeah, I found the press release, but am curious about the actual application they filed with the CPUC.

Got an e-mail from ChargePoint saying that PG&E submitted an application to the CPUC to start operating their own public charging station equipment. Anyone know where I can find this application and what PG&E is asking the CPUC to do? My Google-Fu appears to be failing me. Unfortunately...

Check EV warning came on for me again. Think it was the same problem as last year due to the cold weather as the Check EV light went away later in the afternoon when the weather was warmer. This time I noticed that when turning on the vehicle, the battery guess-o-meter read LO then quickly went...

I have the same charger and haven't had any issues. As mentioned above, the Aerovironment charger is listed as one of Toyota's approved EVSE units.

Starting to play with mine (have an v8.6 PCB). Stuck at getting the upload to work from the IDE. The green LED on the board flashes two times during the start of the upload process then gets stuck there. A suggestion was made that the Arduino be reset while the FTDI cable is connected and...

One thing to note is that the v8.6 PCB boards can take the v8.7 branch firmware, just need to override the 120v current settings. Unsure if the v8.9 branch is backwards compatible.

Learned the hard way that the H&R Block Deluxe 2013 software still doesn't support IRS Form 8911. TurboTax does interestingly enough. Think 2013 will be the last year to claim the EVSE 30% tax credit as well.

Kind of a bummer Tesla didn't use a battery carrier like what is used desktop computers for easier replacement down the line.

Got my vehicle back today. They replaced the heater unit for the battery and charger on the car taken from another Rav4 EV. Replaced the Super long life coolant and G-48 coolant as well. As for software updates, they did the TSB-50-13 update which included: AS PER T-SB-0050-13. REPROGRAMMED EV...

Well starting to think Toyota/Tesla has no idea what's wrong with the car. Last week Thursday they thought it may be a charging issue. Today they call and they now think the heater unit is dead (can't they find out for sure by using the accessories power draw screen?). Going to to be almost a...

The dealership should provide you with a free loaner as your car is in for a warranty related issue. My car has been with Toyota Palo Alto and they still can't get back to me on what the issue is with the car. :( Been three weeks now. Tried calling Toyota HQ to escalate the problem but they're...

If it is a white one @ Toyota Palo Alto, that's most likely mine as I am waiting for the Tesla Engineers. Whatever issue I'm having has even the Tesla folks stumped last update I got from them.

Wonder if that's what's wrong with mine (bad gateway ECU). I was able to drive it to the dealership okay here.

Toyota Palo Alto was able to give me a Yaris as a loaner vehicle. Got a call from Alex in the service department and looks like they're having some engineers from Tesla come out to check out the vehicle this Thursday. Seems like the issue I have has the dealership techs and corporate level...