Recent content by josephine

That's a good idea, will look for the threads. I talked to one of the maintenance guys this morning and he confirmed that all the garages in one building are on a shared line. He said that for a small appliance its ok, but when they plug in a bigger 'machine' it draws the power and the other...

Unfortunately since i moved to this area I've been renting a car since the rates were good but they are increasing now with the warmer weather so i need to get a new car. Maybe in a couple of years the technology will be better and my situation will be more stable and i can go electric then. :(

I appreciate the feedback everyone but I'm feeling like this will be too difficult and I need to make life easier for the next 5-6 mos not harder.

Definitely, I told them I was getting an electric car before I moved in, they even suggested I get one of those standing charging stations. I'm just not keen on installing something then moving shortly after and having to move or redo. Unfortunately no 240V outlet in the garage. There is one...

Thanks for the tips, running the heater sounds like a good idea and am going to get that extension. I checked on plugshare and there is a public L2 about 3 miles from home that has good comments. Also a pay charger at the Walgreens about a mile from school. There is also a toyota dealer...

I will be driving 50 miles 3 days per week (on the days I go to school), which will right now be Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, although that may change in the future. So I think between Tuesday and Thursday would be ok to charge, seems like the main issue is btw Thursday and Friday, but if it...

I would like to get a new Rav4 EV, especially with the great lease deal now, but I'm not sure if I will be able to charge it in my garage. There is a single car garage with my apartment, in the garage there is one outlet on the ceiling with 2 plugs and one of the plugs has the garage door...