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There's a difference between a tax credit and a tax deduction. Even those who don't pay any Federal income taxes can still get the full amount of the credit back as a refund.

1. 19" 2. 18,000 miles over 2 years 3. Occasional 4. Picked up a nail driving through a new housing development, which was patched and good for 6 months until I replaced all the tires due to normal 2 year wear (plus needing to replace as lease end approaches in 12 months)

I strongly considered a JuiceBox before building an OpenEVSE kit. I have been extremely happy with it as it does everything the higher end version of a JB, without the JB price.

The reason I leased (CA, 36 mo, BEV) was because it is reasonable that BMW or another manufacturer will have a BEV with much better range than the existing EVs. If I buy it, I am potentially stuck with something that will significantly drop in value since range is one of the largest factors for...

I recently had a problem with my app not connecting, but when I call BMW from the car button the app mysteriously started working again. About once every 7-10 days my car won't charge either. I don't have a BMW charger; I built an OpenEVSE kit. I'm going to flash the firmware this weekend, but...

My BEV is exactly what I expected it to be. It's been trouble free and lived up to what I thought it would be.

While this may not be for everyone, I built a kit from http://store.openevse.com/. I just had a 50A circuit added to my existing panel and it has worked well from day one.

I built a L2 OpenEVSE kit with a 25' cable. Delayed charging and preconditioning has worked flawlessly from day 1.

I'm making the same trade at the end of the year. Occasionally I'm nervous about saying goodbye to my E92 M3 Cab, but I know it's going to be just fine.

I think that's pretty cool. I don't have space for 3 cars, and while I can afford to keep the M3, I am setting myself up to be debt free at a young age. I'd love to have an i8, but they are selling over MSRP and there's no topless option, so the i3 was in. Plus I think it's a lot of fun to...

Hello everyone, Steve from CA here! I recently ordered a 2014 i3 Giga BEV Ionic Silver with the HK stereo. It will be replacing my 2012 M3 Cab when the lease is up in December. Some might think I'm crazy for giving up a M car for an EV, but here's my story... I got an incredible deal on to...