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My installation has a plug but there is nothing to really recommend one over the other with one exception: If you are planning on installing a separate meter to take advantage of the lower EV rate, then the EVSE must be permanently wired. Apparently this is so people won't cheat by plugging in...

Well, a coworker picked up his Friday and on the way to work this morning, he got the same error. So there are four that I know of now...

No, I got mine under the Federal EV Project program when I got my Leaf in early 2011 and it included a free EVSE and installation, so I didn't have to investigate. However, it is a very simple and basic 240 volt, 40 amp electrical job so any reasonable electrician should have no problem with...

One has to to wonder how a problem so seemingly common and apparent (this is the third I have heard of) could have made it out the door at MB...

Any 30 amp capable EVSE will be fine. (You could go with a 40 amp unit, but it is not really going to buy you that much at home and the installation will be more expensive...) Clipper Creek is an excellent one, among others... Siemens is also good if you need a timer (though they have been a...

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I'll believe the software over the driver every time!

Of course, Nissan bears a good portion of the blame for this when they eliminated the 80% charge option in 2014 in order to game the EPA range numbers...

Too bad they didn't also incorporate Tesla's over-the-air update capability...

I'm not a fan of the look of that many spokes...

I'm sorry to hear that! But for what it is worth, the exact same scenario haunted the Leaf when it first came out... Neither the dealers nor Nissan were ready for it for at least the first 6 months...

Yep, a tad strange...

One has to wonder what makes the B's efficiency so terrible... The worst of any EV. Also using a range of 104 for the B is a little disingenuous as this implies the range package which is untested at this point and an unknown...

MB has said nothing other than "next year..." I hope it is a CHAdeMo but suspect that it will be a SAE... If it IS a SAE, MB had better be planning to put a QC at every dealer like Nissan did or the QC port will be basically worthless in the U.S. where it is strongly a CHAdeMO world. There...

You can download the owner's manual here: https://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/service_and_parts/owners_manuals#!year=2015&class=B-Class

I'm sure a DTC was stored that they can retrieve... Did you happen to see if you can put the car back in to D and move after exiting or turning it off and back on?

Well, I didn't even have to put down a deposit and I can decline it later if I so desire, so it wasn't exactly a high risk plunge... :lol: I was told to expect it to show up in late September. If I was to decide to back out, it would be for the lack of QC more than anything else (unless...

An odd message perhaps lifted from their ICE vehicles since an EV has no gears that can be changed... I'm going to assume that meant to stay in whatever drive mode you were in... Were you underway at the time of the message? Bummer, regardless. I hope this isn't representative of the...

Factory order placed. Color: Northern Lights Violet Metallic 592 Interior color: Brown leather 804 (The MB-Tex is known to not hold up well on the bolsters) Trim: Matte Burl Walnut Wood H03 Premium Package P01 Multimedia Package 320 Range Package P58 Regen Paddles B50

No, 15K miles a year option? That would he a deal breaker for me.