Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Green Frontiers and Chargenet Fast EV Charging Center Locations - Sri Lanka


Note: Most of these charging stations are not fast charging centers. Please made a call and confirm availability before you plan to go there.

ChargeNet

Green Frontiers




Download NISSAN Leaf Driver's Guide Mobile App


The Nissan Driver’s Guide is an application based on Augmented Reality Technology. It will help you to learn and understand more about your vehicle.

 When you want detailed information about a particular button or switch, simply point the camera of your smartphone at that object or area containing the object.  An interactive pop up appears on the screen of your phone and with a single touch you are quickly provided with the information you require. When a warning light is displayed on your vehicle's combination meter, the Nissan Driver's guide provides you with quick access to additional information.

Point the camera of your phone at the combination meter and with a single touch, you will have access to an explanation of all the warning lights.

You can also touch the dedicated warning light icon on the main screen.
The application provides the following features:

1. An Augmented Reality function that recognizes vehicle content through the camera of your smartphone. 
This technology interacts with 3 main areas of the vehicle:

· Steering wheel 
· Navigation and Audio system 
· Climate control system 

2. Descriptions of all the warning lights displayed on the vehicle’s combination meter.

3. An electronic version of the Quick Reference Guide, providing a brief overview of many important features of the vehicle, including instructions to follow if your vehicle has a flat Tyre.

Note: The Augmented Reality interacts with these main buttons and systems:

1. Steering wheel buttons
2. Audio system buttons
3. Navigation system buttons
4. Air Conditioning buttons
5. Parking Brake button
6. Combination meter
7. Start/Stop engine button
8. Buttons located between the steering wheel and the driver's door.


Monday, March 14, 2016

Live Road Traffic Reports Sri Lanka

Real-time traffic alert and mileage tracker all rolled into one App in Sri Lanka.


Road.lk free traffic alert and GPS tracker app:http://goo.gl/xkOjN

Monday, March 7, 2016

Importing EV Vehicle Duty Rates (7 March 2016)

Importing EV Vehicle - Sri Lanka Customs. Updated Duty Rates (7 March 2016). Nissan leaf new price in Sri Lanka (2016)

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Sunday, March 6, 2016

නිසාන් ලීෆ් බැටරියේ ධාරිතාවය ඉක්මනින් අඩු වීමේ සාධක

Nissan Leaf Battery Health Decaying Factors. By: Supun Madushanka (President- EV Club Sri Lanka)



New tariff to facilitate Electric Vehicles Announced


The new tariff is a “Time of Use” tariff where individual consumptions during three time blocks, namely “Off Peak” (2230 to 0530 of the following day), “Day”(0530 to 1830) and “Peak” (1830 to 2230) are separately metered and charged. Unlike the prevailing block tariff structure for domestic consumers, under this new Time of Use tariff, there is only a single tariff within each time block. In order to facilitate Electric Vehicle Charging, a low off peak tariff of Rs 13 per unit (kWh) has been offered for seven hours starting from 10.30pm. A higher tariff of Rs 54 has been charged for the four peak hours from 6.30pm and a tariff of Rs 25 a unit has been charged for the remaining thirteen hours of the day.

The option has been offered initially only to those consumers having a three phase supply and the additional cost of the new Time of Use meter has to be borne by the consumer.

CEB also wishes to invite the attention of all consumers to ensure that the socket outlet that they use to draw power to Electrical Vehicle Charger complies with the latest IEE Wiring Regulations and the conductor size and the MCB in the final circuit is capable of continuously delivering the sizable currents likely to be drawn during vehicle charging.  If in doubt, consumers are advised to get their installations tested by a Chartered Engineer to verify compliance. It is to be noted that incorrect practices are rampant where conductors having continuous ratings below 15A are being used in conjunction with a larger size MCB (16A) to wire 15A outlets. Consumers are cautioned that whenever the conductor rating, after de-rated to local conditions, is below the MCB rating, the conductor is not protected by the over current device (MCB) and may even lead to fire.

Click here to Download The official tariff announcement of CEB. (English/Sinhala/Tamil)

Smart Electric Meters introduced to Sri Lanka. Read more. 
How to apply for a Smart Meter in Sri Lanka ? Read more.

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Download ChargeNet Android Mobile App - Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations Map Sri Lanka

chargeNET is a free application that will tell you where are the Electric Vehicle EV Charging stations located around you. In addition to the locations, you can find out the available status of those chargers and how much they cost to charge.


Currently this service is available only for Sri Lanka.


chargeNET App for Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vega.chargenet&hl=en

chargeNET App for Mac
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chargenet/id1059695866?ls=1&mt=8 

Open Charge Map - http://openchargemap.org/site/