Wheel Alignment specifications for Nissan LEAF

Wheel Alignment should be checked whenever new tires are installed, tyre rotations, suspension components installed, when the vehicle has encountered a major road hazard or curb and any time unusual tire wear patterns appear. more info pl visit http://www.anewtoronto.com/wheel%20alignment.html


Alignment specifications for 2011 LEAF

Alignment specifications for 2012 LEAF

Source: http://www.electricvehiclewiki.com/Suspension

Government decides against increasing duty on EV's

Source : http://bizenglish.adaderana.lk/government-decides-against-increasing-duty-on-electric-cars/


At a recent Cabinet meeting the President has decided to cancel the 2016 budgetary proposal to increase the duty on electric cars from the existing 5 per cent to 50 per cent.

Joint Cabinet spokesman and minister Gayantha Karunatilleke said that decision had been taken while considering the requests from various parties.

Ada Derana Biz also inquired from Sri Lanka Motor Vehicle Importer’s Association co-president Mr. Kokila Deekiriwewa on the increase of duties on electric motorcars from 5% to 50%. He responded by saying, “At the Cabinet meeting last week, the President had put forward a proposal to remove the 50 per cent duty imposed on electric motorcars through the 2016 budget. If this proposal is to be implemented, then it needs the approval of the Finance Minister.

“If such a tax revision is being done, under Sub-Section 3C in the provisions under the Manufacturing Special Tax Act, the Finance Minister has to inform the Customs Department. Only the Finance Minister has the authority to sign this. To my knowledge, the Finance Minister is overseas at present. Hence, we have learned that such a notice has still not been given.”

Plugshare EV charging station

PlugShare contains more than 50,000 public charging stations, including those in all major networks.

http://www.plugshare.com/


PlugShare on the App Store https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/plugshare/id421788217?mt=8

PlugShare - Android Apps on Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xatori.Plugshare&hl=en

chargeNET App for Android and Mac

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

Sunrise Engineering Energy Project at Canowin Arcade

Source : http://bizenglish.adaderana.lk/sunrise-engineering-to-commence-landmark-renewable-energy-project-at-canowin-arcade/


Company to deploy Sri Lanka’s first fully integrated ‘Rapid Charging Points’ for Electric Vehicle’s

Bringing to light the significance of embracing sustainable energy and giving the best of products and services to the nation as a result, Sunrise Engineering (Pvt) Ltd a pioneer in the solar power systems were recently awarded with the contract for the country’s largest commercial solar installation to date.

This installation, which has been dubbed to be implemented in the capacity of close to one megawatt through net metering to the national electricity grid, would be the largest of its kind to ever have been set up in Sri Lanka. The location being Canowin Arcade Welipenna would envisage installations occurring on both sides of the locations on the Southern expressway and has been scheduled to be completed by March 2016.

The technology that has been set to be utilized for this purpose is being manufactured specifically from Germany. Sunrise Engineering had initially proposed the project to Canowin Hotels & Spa’s (Pvt) Ltd who had in turn gone through the credentials and the great potential that the project would bring and have given Sunrise Engineering the go-ahead to commence the set up at Canowin Arcade. Canowin Arcade is managed by Canowin Hotels & Spas (Pvt) Ltd. and is located on either side of the 44km mile post in Welipanna on the Southern Expressway. The premises have been regarded as the first ever green rest area in Asia. This is an essential rest stop for commuters travelling along the expressway. Each rest area consists of rest rooms, restaurants, supermarkets, Bank ATM machines, clothing stores, first aid and vehicle parking. The fuel stations and service stations are also due to commence functioning in the near future.

On a secondary note, another initiative that Sunrise Engineering has taken up is their collaborative efforts with Ceylon Electricity Board for the purpose of installing Sri Lanka’s first fully integrated ‘Rapid Charging’ Network point at strategic locations around Sri Lanka towards the charging of Electric vehicles (EV). Sunrise Engineering, as a company, strives to highlight the significance of embracing renewable energy integrated Rapid Charging whilst moving forward with the landmark project with Canowin.

The concept of Rapid Charging would enable electric cars to be fully charged (80%) in 15 minutes. From a broader spectrum, the world’s leading innovative entities in rapid charging technology have partnered exclusively in the implementation of EVPOINT.

Commenting on this next gen initiative that Sunrise Engineering has taken up, Sunrise Engineering (Pvt) Ltd. Executive Director Damith Maiarachchi, elaborated the great potential that Sri Lanka attains in the future of enhancing sustainable approaches as well as educating the public about the significance of utilizing quality, safe and secure re-charging elements when it comes to dealing with Electric Vehicles.

Today a major barrier to an increasing e-mobility factor and one of the main obstacles to a greater EV adoption comes from perceived ‘range anxiety’ in the absence of an appropriate EV re-charging infrastructure in the country. EV-driver’s anxiety is particularly acute when drivers are low on battery charge and unsure of where they can get a charge to reach their next destination. The lack of charging stations creates a negative mindset in EV drivers to carefully plan their destinations and routes to ensure that dead batteries don’t strand them.

EVPOINT Network is aimed at addressing this critical need and provide an intelligent re-charging solution for all types of EV’s when they are out an about on the road.

The first batch of rapid charging points “Veefil” and “Rapture“ are manufactured by Tritium in Australia and Circontrol S.A in Spain has also been scheduled to be implemented around the beginning of 2016. These intelligent, multi-standard, fully integrated, Re-charging points will be available 24/7 at decisive locations under the preliminary stage of this project.

“We want to give Sri Lanka the best in technology and innovation. These intelligent Re-chargers which will be manufactured and imported is fully certified and encompasses all relevant global regulatory criteria that would ensure quality over quantity. Bringing down the world’s most advanced innovation to Sri Lanka, we at Sunrise Engineering believe in emphasizing “EVPOINT” Countries First Fully Integrated, unmanned “Rapid Charger Network” towards enhancing e-mobility in Sri Lanka in the long run,” Maiarachchi said.

Sunrise Engineering is committed towards carbon free, renewable and green energy production which is a global consent as almost everyone today is moving towards renewable energy and e-mobility. Collectively to date, the company has implemented and installed close to one megawatt of power to the country’s national grid. Their next move in setting this landmark Solar Installation at Canowin and setting “EVPOINT” The Rapid Charger Network will pave the way for Sri Lanka to move towards de-carbonized, sustainable, cleaner cities in the future. e-wis, Mobitel, BMW, are some of the key strategic alliance partners of “EVPOINT” said Steve Wijanayake the Director Marketing.

True story of Electric Vehicle prices up and biggest Lie...

ඉලෙක්ට්‍රික් කාර් මිල වැඩි කිරීමට ඇත්තම හේතුව සහ බොරුව.

මෙවර අයවැයෙන් විදුලි ආරෝපණයෙන් ධාවනය වන නිසාන් ලීෆ් කාර් එකක මිල ඉතා අසාධාරණ අයුරින් වැඩි කරලා තියෙනවා. ඒ ගැන රජය දක්වන හේතුව නම් වැඩි වෙන විදුලි ඉල්ලුම සැපැයීමේ අපහසුව සහ ඒ සදහා තාප ශක්තිය හෝ තවත් ජල විදුලි බලාගාර ඉදිකරෝතින් සිදුවන පාරිසරික විනාශය. කතාව ඇත්ත. අපි වගේ රටකට ඒක දරාගන්න බෑ. එහෙනම් අපි මිල වැඩි කරාම හරි කියන එක මුල් ළමාවිය සංවර්ධනය නොවුන ළදරුවෙක් ගේ කතාවක්.

අපි මුලින්ම බලමු මේ කාර් එකේ අපිට තියෙන වාසිය මොකද්ද කියලා. මගේ හිතවත් කිහිප දෙනෙක්ම හයිබ්‍රීඩ් ගන්න ගිහින් මගේ පූර්ණ දිරිගැන්වීම මත නිශාන් ලීෆ් කාර් ගත්තා. ඒ වගේම මගේ වෘතීය සහකරුවෙකුත් ඒකට ප්‍රොමෝට් කරා. ඒ අයගේ මාස තුනකට ආසන්න අත්දැකීම් අනුව, වරක් ආරෝපනයෙන් 2015 Nissan Leaf රථයක් කිලෝමීටර 180කට වඩා දුරක් A/C සහිතව දාවනය කරන්න පුලුවන්. ඒ වගේම දිනපතා කොළඹ යන අක්කාට රුපියල් 15 000කට අධික (පෙට්‍ර‍ල් වියදමින් 75%ක් ඉක්මවූ) ඉතිරියක් මාසිකව දැන් තියෙනවා. සේවා වියදම් නඩත්තු වියදම් නොමැති වීමත් තවත් වාසියක්. අපේ හුගක් අය ඉලෙක්ට්‍රික් කියපු ගමන් බය වුනාට දැනටමත් ලංකාව පුරා චාර්ජින් සෙන්ටර් 100කට වඩා තියෙනවා. එයින් 85%ක් පමන පැය 4කින් සම්පූර්ණ චාර්ජ් කිරීමට හැකි ඒවා සහ 15% ක් පමන විනාඩි 20න් 80%ක් චාර්ජ් කරන්න පුලුවන්. ඉක්මන් චාජරය (44kwh) ක මිලියන 4ක් පමණ වන අතර 6.6 kwh පැය 4 චාජරයක් රුපියල් ලක්ෂ එකහමාරක් පමණ වෙනවා. මේ සදහා ආයෝජනය කරන පිරිස දිනෙන් දින ඉහල යන බව පේන්න තියෙනවා. නමුත් කාර් එකට ලක්ෂ පනහක් වියදම් කරා නම් ඔය වාසි එකක් වත් වැඩක් නෑ.

මොකද්ද දැන් විදුලි ඉල්ලුමට විසදුම, ඒකට අමුතුවෙන් හොයන්න දෙයක් නෑ. නිසාන් සමාගම ම වාහනයේ නමත් එක්කම පැහැදිලි කරලා තියෙනවා. Zero Emission කියලා කියන්නේ පෙට්‍රෝල් පුච්චලා විදුලිය හදලා ඒකෙන් දුවන එක නෙමෙයි. ගෙදරට සූර්‍ය ශක්ති විදුලි ජනකයක් සවි කරලා ඒ මගින් දාවනය කිරීමෙන්. සරළවම අපි වගේ සමකාසන්න රටකට ඒක හරිම ප්‍රායෝගිකයි. අපි දේශීය සැපයුම් කරුවන්ගෙන් කරපු මිල කැදවීම් බැලුවාම දැනගන්න ලැබුනා 5kw සූර්‍ය ශක්ති විදුලි ජනකයක මූලික පිරිවැය ලක්ෂ අට හමාරත් දහයත් අතර වෙනවා. ඒ අනුව අපිට කරන්න තිබුනේ Leaf එක ගන්න එකාට පොල්ලෙන් ගහන එක නෙමෙයි, උන්ට සෝලා පවර් සිස්ටම් එකක් ගන්න ලීසින් එකක් දෙන එක. සොලා සිස්ටම් වලට තියෙන බදු අඩු කරන එක. ග්‍රිඩ් සිස්ටම් එකක් ගත්තා නම් වැඩිපුර ජනනය වෙන සැපයුම ජාතික සැපයුමට සපයන්නත් ඒ මගින් මුදලක් උපයාගන්නත් වාහන කාරයාට පුලුවන් වෙනවා. ලීෆ් එකක් ගන්න එකාට සෝලා පවර් අනිවාර්‍ය කරන්න රජයක් හැටියට පුලුවන්. වසරකට එක් වාහනයකට තෙල් ගේන්න රජයට වැය වෙන ලක්ෂයකට අධික වියදම මේකෙන් අඩුවෙනවා. දුම එජින් ඔයිල් නිසා සිදුවෙන පරිසර හානිය අවම වෙනවා වගේම ජාතික විදුලි සැපයුමත් තව ශක්තිමත් වෙයි.

මේක ආන්ඩුවට නොකරන්න හේතු තියේ‍නවා. පළවෙනි කාරණය තමයි මේ නිසා පාලකයන්ට මූලික පිරිවැයෙන් පස්සේ කොමිස් ගහන්න ක්‍ර‍මයක් නැති එක. දෙවැනි එක ජාතික විදුලි සැපයුම නමින් කරන ආයෝජන හරහා තියෙන අයතා ආදායම් අඩුවෙන එක සහ මෙච්චර කල් කරපු බොරු අහුවෙන එක. තවත් එකක් 1970 ගණන් වල ඉදන් ඡන්ද කාලෙට විතරක් මතුවෙන මන්නාරම තෙල් නිධි බොරුව ඡන්ද පොරොන්දු වලට තවදුරටත් දැමීමට නොහැකි වෙන එක.

මේ අදහස අපිට පුලුවන් නම් හැමෝටම ගෙනියන්න නිසාන් ලීෆ් කාර් එකට සිදුවුන අසාධාරණය සහ ඒ හරහා සිදුවන මගඩිය මිනිස්සුන්ට දැනුවත් කරන්න පුලුවන්. රටේ නැති බොරු කියන ගොසිප් සයිට් වලට මේක හොද අලවියක් තියෙන ලිපියක් නොවෙන්න පුලුවන්. හැබැයි ඔයාලාට පුලුවන් මේක සමාජයට ගෙනියන්න. මතක තියාගන්න ලංකාවේ ආන්ඩුවක් වෙනස් කරන්න FB එකට පුලුවන් බව රටේ විධායක ජනාධිපතිත් පිළිගෙන තියෙනවා. මත්පැන් තහනම් කරොත් ආන්ඩුව පෙරළනවා කියා කියුවා නම් Leaf එකත් ආන්ඩුව පෙරළන මාතෘකාවක් වෙන බව ආන්ඩුවට කියාදෙන එක ඔයාලාගේ වැඩක්.

නැවත පළ කිරීමට සහ උපුටාගැනීමට පූර්ණ නිදහස...

Electric Vehicle prices up

Source: http://www.dailymirror.lk/96385/vehicle-prices-up-from-monday

The unit rate for vehicles through the budget proposal and the new valuation system that introduced recently would increase the prices of vehicles by Rs. 200,000 up to Rs. 2.5 million, the Vehicle Importers Association of Lanka (VIAL) said today.

A new valuation system was introduced recently taking full option manufacturers price as the tax base.

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said presenting the budget, to further strengthen this process of collecting the payable taxes said that the unit rate of excise duty for the vehicles on the basis of cubic centimeters and duties on the percentage basis on certain vehicles would be revised.

VIAL Chairman Indika Sampath Merenchige said with those introductions, the tax on electric vehicles had also been increased from 5 % to 50 % and therefore duty would increase on electric vehicles such as ‘Leaf’ by around Rs. 2.5 million.

“The import tax on 1000cc vehicles has been increased from 50 % to 70 % and therefore vehicles such as ‘Wagon R’ would increase by around Rs 400,000 and Maruti prices would increase by Rs. 250,000, he said.

“The tax on hybrid vehicles has been increased to 10 per cent and thereafter Aqua vehicle would increase around Rs. 500,000 to 600,000 while Prius would increase by around Rs.700,000”, he said.

Mr. Merenchige said the tax rate on vans had been increased from 85% to 150% and price on vans would increase of by around Rs.2.5 million.

He said the new prices would come into effect on Monday (23).

Meanwhile, 2016 budget has reduced excise duty to 2.5 percent for the vehicles which are run entirely on Solar, Hydrogen or Helium.

A vehicle import fee to obtain a Vehicle Entitlement Certificate for each vehicle was also introduced and therefore Rs. 2,000 per motor cycle and three wheeler, Rs.15,000 for a motor car and Rs.10,000 per vehicle for all other vehicles would have to pay as fee.(DS)

Nissan Leaf Cabin air filter replacement...

The great thing about the Nissan LEAF is the minimal amount of maintenance that is required to keep the car running in tip-top shape. One of the “Major” maintenance items for the LEAF is the annual or 15,000 mile replacement of the cabin air filter.

The replacement of the cabin air filter in the LEAF is very easy, but has some “gotchas” that can sneak up on you if you are not careful.  The cabin filter is also in a very tight space under the dashboard, and requires some contortions to access it.  If you are a big person, or have big hands, you may find the replacement of this filter difficult or cumbersome.

It is recommended that the cabin filter be replaced annually or at every 15,000 mile battery check.  The LEAF cabin air filter is available from a variety of sources since the LEAF filter also fits a large number of other Nissan vehicles.  Prices vary from about $10 on Amazon to almost $50 from your local Nissan parts counter.  There are 2 types of cabin air filters, one uses microfiber to trap particulates including pollen, and the other adds a layer of activated charcoal to not only filter particulates, but also to trap odors. The combination filter is the more expensive of the two.   If you have your Nissan Dealer replace this filter, plan on spending up to $100 for just the labor plus the retail cost of the basic filter.  Many LEAF owners have reported spending upwards of $150 or more to have this filter replaced.

If you follow the instructions in this DIY, you can spend as little at $10 to replace the filter, and then you can use the $140 you just saved on a great evening with your significant other!

To replace the filter, start by moving the passenger seat all the way back so that you will have some room to work, and empty out the glovebox.

Next remove the trim panel under the glovebox in the passenger footwell.

This trim panel is held in by 5 clips and just pulls down and out.  Start on the right side of the panel and gently pull the panel down.

Next from inside the glovebox, remove the access door on the left side of the glovebox.  There is a little latch in the back of the door with a finger access.  Pop the latch and pull out the door .

The next steps can be done by either working through the small access door in the glovebox, or preferable working from underneath the glovebox and using the access hole in the glovebox to see what you are doing.  It helps for the next couple of steps to have a flashlight or work-light on to illuminate the filter access area.

The next step is the most difficult part of this DIY.  Next we must remove the white access hatch cover on the side of the Heater/AC box.

This rectangular hatch is secured by a clip at the bottom that is a molded part of the hatch cover and because of its position on the bottom of the hatch, how tight it is under there, and how awkward it is to reach under there, it is very easy to break this clip off.  Patience is the watchword in popping off the clip and removing the hatch cover.

I found that a small 4″ flat-bladed screwdriver works for me.  Gently insert the screwdriver between the clip and the body of the heater box, and twist the blade of the screwdriver just a bit to get the clip to spring off of its tang on the heater box. It just takes a bit, and I mean “just a bit”!  Once it is loose, then rotate the cover upward to disengage it from the clip at the top.  Now the filter will be exposed.  If you have long fingernails, you can also spring the clip using them as well.

Because this step is so difficult and invariably there will be some that will break or stress this clip, there are solutions to save the day.  You can get a replacement cover at your local Nissan parts counter for about $5.

If you do break off the clip, you can also do a pretty effective repair using superglue and your kitchen brûlée torch.  Use the superglue to reattach the clip to the cover, and once that has set, take your brûlée torch and very quickly and lightly pass the tip of the flame over where the break was.  The superglue will help fuse the clip back to the cover, and will give the cover extra life until you have time to get a new cover that you can replace at your next filter maintenance.  One ingenious LEAF owner took this one step further with the new clip and attached a lanyard to the end of the clip making the springing of the clip foolproof.  I highly recommend this modification to the cover.

This lanyard was made with floral decoration wire, but just about any thin wire or twine will work.

Now it is time to remove and replace the filter.  The hatch opening on the side of the heater box is smaller than filter, so it must be squeezed in and out of the hatch.  To remove the old filter, pull on the tab on the side of the old filter to get it out partway, then pull on the other side of the filter to get that side out.  Depending on the manufacturer of the filter, the tab may be on the top or the bottom.

Here is a filter removal trick that I learned the hard way.  It is recommended that a rag or towel be placed on the footwell under to the filter access hatch to catch all of the larger detritus that the filter has caught.  As you pull out the filter, a good part of that stuff will come off of the filter and fall into the footwell.  Better to catch it in a rag, then clean it up later.  Never the less, once you are done removing the filter, it is a good idea to vacuum up the area, and if you can get a crevice tool in the filter access hatch, clean that out too.

Now installing the new filter is the exact opposite of the removal.  Squeeze the end of the filter to get it into the heater box.  Pay attention to the proper orientation of the filter, there will be an arrow pointing forward, make sure to install the filter pointing that way.  After you have the filter in the heater box, you will need to move it around and poke it a bit to get the filter to spring completely open and straight.  Use the tab on the filter to help with that.

Next reinstall the access hatch cover, hook it into the top pivot clip first, lining it up side to side, then swing it down and until the bottom clip snaps in place.  If you added a lanyard to the clip, make sure that it is hanging in a way that is accessible.

After you have the access hatch cover secure, replace the access door in the side of the glovebox, and the lower trim panel under the glovebox, and you are done!

Source: DIY: LEAF Cabin Air Filter Replacement --> http://sfbayleafs.org/technical/diys/leaf-cabin-air-filter-replacement/

See this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRljFOwBzFc

You can buy from http://www.autobay.lk/ads/air-filters-and-cabin-filters/

or eBay, http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fits-Nissan-Leaf-Cube-Particulate-Cabin-Air-Filter-VALEO-2010-/161342063832?hash=item2590bc84d8%3Ag%3Ag7EAAOSws65TouNQ&vxp=mtr

rather than pay the $100 for the dealers.

Map of chargeNET

Source : http://chargenet.lk/google_map.html 

Nissan Leaf Long life mode setting... 80% charge

Cooler climates users charge regularly to 100% and others have tried to stick to 80%.
Temperature seems to be the largest factor.

Zero Emissions button --> Settings --> Long Life Mode (80% charge) --> ON

Tips:
* Don't do multiple quick-charges in a short amount of time.
* Try to garage or shade it when parked
* Charge to 80% when you don't need the car for a long tip
* Don't charge if there are more than six in battery temp bars or lower than two
* Lifting your foot off the accelerator rather than hitting the brakes.

Also you can set the charge timer (if you wish) by pressing the blue “e” Zero Emission button to the lower left of the navigation screen. This will bring up your 

selection menu. You can select a 100% charge, or an 80% charge. You can set the charge to start and/or stop at any time you wish. 


I am charging to 100% every time. Most people feel that stopping at 80%, so I wouldn't and don't worry about that.

Driving and charging habits from http://livingleaf.info/2012/07/care-and ... f-battery/

NISSAN recommends you use the following driving and charging habits, where possible, to help maximize the battery’s useful life:

* Avoid exposing a vehicle to ambient temperatures above 120°F (49°C) for over 24 hours.
* Avoid storing a vehicle in temperatures below −13°F (−25°C) for over 7 days.
* Avoid leaving your vehicle for over 14 days where the Li-ion battery available charge gauge reaches a zero or near zero (state of charge).
* Allow the vehicle and Li-ion battery to cool down after use before charging.
* Park/store your vehicle in cool locations out of direct sunlight and away from heat sources.
* Avoid sustained high battery temperatures (caused, for example, by exposure to very high ambient temperatures or extending highway driving with multiple quick 

charges).
* Use the normal charging or trickle charging methods to charge the Li-ion battery and minimize the use of public Fast Charge or Quick Charger.
* Avoid sustained high battery state of charge (caused, for example, by frequently charging to 100% state of charge and/or leaving the battery above 80% state of 

charge for long periods of time).
* Allow the battery charge to be below at least 80% before charging.
Moderate driving.
* Use of ECO mode.
* NISSAN recommends charging the batteries using the long life mode unless the vehicle is going to be driven a long distance. See “Charging timer” in the “CH. Charging”section.
* If the vehicle will not be used for an extended period of time, charge the Li-ion battery using the long life mode once every 3 months. Do not operate the charging timer repeatedly while the charge connector is connected to the vehicle after the Li-ion battery charging is completed. Doing so may discharge the 12-volt battery. The power of the Li-ion battery can be checked on the Li-ion battery available charge gauge. See “Li-ion battery available charge gauge” in the “2. Instruments and controls” for details.

DIY Nissan Leaf Trunk Light Bulb troubleshoot....

My Leaf's trunk light not function when i open the trunk lid. So i remove the trunk light and found that the connector was disconnected.

The only tool needed is a flat-head screwdriver with small piece of fabric used to pry out the light housing.

1. Open the trunk lid and locate the cargo area light bulb housing at the right side.

2. Insert a small flat-head screwdriver in to the notch on the passenger side of the housing.

3. Gently pry out the edge of the light housing and then remove it from the panel of the trunk.

4. Connect the electrical connector

If you need to replace the old bulb gently press the release tab on the electrical connector and slide it straight off the housing.

Highest number of electric cars registered in Sri Lanka last month:

Source : http://bizenglish.adaderana.lk/highest-number-of-electric-cars-registered-in-sri-lanka-last-month-4-tesla-cars-among-them/

Latest data from JB Stockbrokers reveal that the highest number of electric motor vehicles that have been registered in Sri Lanka within a month was in September this year.

There have been 471 electric motor vehicles registered during September where as during September last year only 15 such vehicles had been registered.

A significant feature here is that of four Tesla electric cars being registered in Sri Lanka during September this year.

While the Nissan Leaf is the most popular model of electric cars registered so far, all in all 2,072 electric motor cars have been registered so far.

Nissan Leafs recorded the bulk of the volume accounting for 458 units

Source : http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/sri-lanka-vehicle-registrations-hit-another-all-time-high-jbs/

Vehicle registrations hit another all-time record on most categories barring 2-wheelers in September. In some categories the growth over the previous month is alarming, JB Securities said in a research note.

Total motor car registrations recorded 14,301 units in Sep up from 9,107 units in Aug and a mere 3,539 units 12 months ago. This is a 400% increase from 12 months ago and 57% increase over the previous month.

Brand new car registrations recorded 9,183 units in Sep significantly up from 5,216 units the prior month and a mere 980 units 12 months ago. This is a 940% increase in 12 months and 76% increase over the previous month.

Small cars (<1,000cc) accounted for the 8,891 units (97%). Maruti accounted for 7,789 units (85%) in Sep up from 4,259 the previous month (83% increase) and a mere 564 units 12 months ago (1,380% increase). Micro recorded 639 units (mainly Panda) up from 441 units the previous month and 152 units 12 months ago. Hyundai recorded 228 units mainly comprising of Eon. Tata’s Nano Twist is gaining traction but volumes are yet low at 127 units. Financing share recorded 68% up from 64% the previous month. Its noteworthy that Maruti Alto Financing share was 68% in Sep up from 61.7% in Aug in spite of the 70% loan to value cap coming into effect on 15 Sep.

Preowned car registrations recorded 5,118 units in Sep significantly up from 3,891 units the prior month (31% growth) and 2,559 units 12 months ago (200% growth). Toyota accounted for 1,908 units (Aqua 1,040 units, Axio 499 units) followed by Suzuki with 1,713 units (Wagon R 1,642 units), Honda with 954 units (Fit 715 units, Grace 202 units) and Nissan with 456 units (mainly Leaf). Financing share was 67.5% slightly higher than the previous month’s 65.1% but in line with the year to day trend.

Premium brands recorded 113 units comprising of 69 brand new units and 44 preowned units. Brand new Mercedes recorded 40 units (C class 18 units, E class 15 units and S class 4 units) and preowned recorded 25 units (C-class 3 units, E class 8 units and S class 1 unit). Brand new BMW recorded 19 units (5-series 17 units, 3-series 2 units) and preowned recorded 15 units (Mini cooper 6 units, 7-Series active hybrid 4 units).

Electric cars recorded 471 units in Sep up from 380 units in Oct and mere 15 units 12 months ago. Nissan Leafs recorded the bulk of the volume accounting for 458 units up from 373 units the previous month. There are also 4 Tesla Model S, 3 BMW I3 and 2 Mercedez Benz B class. Total Tesla Model S population is now 8 cars on the road.

SUVs recorded 887 units in Sep up from 652 units in August and 805 units 12 months ago. Mitsubishi accounted for 285 units (Outlander 154 units, Montero 127 units), Toyota accounted for 200 units (Prado 178 units) Honda 189 units (Vezel 177 units) and Nissan 97 units (mainly X trail hybrids).

Hybrids recorded 5,049 units in Sep up from 3,849 units in Aug and 3,339 units 12 months ago. Of the 5,049 units, cars accounted for 4,591 units followed by SUVs with 425 units and Vans with 33 units. In January Honda Vezels recorded 1,263 units, by Sep volumes have dropped to 177 units but Suzuki Wagon R hybrids that recorded 8 units in January increased to 1,637 units. The Suzuki Wago R also referred to as Stingray is a small 800cc car with a hybrid engine.

Vans recorded 1,337 units in Sep up from 1,234 units the prior month and a significant increase from 198 units 12 months ago. Preowned units accounts for 95% of volumes. Toyota accounted for 585 units (mainly KDH or better known as Hiace) followed by Suzuki with 454 units (Every – this is a minivan).

3-wheeler registrations recorded 12,375 units in Sep slightly below the ALL time record set in July of 12,248 and up from 10,366 units in August and 7,507 units 12 months ago. Bajaj maintains it dominance with 86% of the market. Financing share was 90%.

2-wheeler registrations recorded 30,240 units in Sep up from 25,836 units in Aug and 24,399 units 12 months ago. Bajaj does not seem to be marketing a lady’s bike, a category that has seen rapid growth, this may explain their drop in market share that used to be around 45-50% to 31.2%. Hero and Honda parted ways 2-3 years ago in India, Honda bikes that are Made in India have claimed 24.6% share (7,382 units) and Hero claimed 21.8% share (6,552 units). Of the 2-wheeler units 68% are below 130cc, a majority of them are the lady’s bike (scooter) – Hero Pleasure 4,463 unit and Honda Dio 5,522.  Financing share was 60%.

Pickup trucks recorded 353 units in Sep slightly up from 327 units in Aug and 265 units 12 months ago. Tata claimed 74.5% of the market accounting for 263 units (207Di – 104 units, Xenon – 159 units). Financing share was 83%.

Mini truck registrations recorded 1,519 units in Sep slightly up from 1,385 units in Aug and 1,282 units 12 months ago. Tata claimed 55.7% of the market accounting for 787 units (Ace 486 units, Super Ace 301) followed by Mahindra with 536 units (Maxximo – 315, Maxi Truck – 221). Financing share was 93%.

Lite truck registrations recorded 701 units in Sep up from 601 units in the prior month and 294 units 12 months ago. Mahindra was the leader with a share of 70% accounting for 488 units. Financing share was 92%.

Medium truck registrations recorded 216 units in Sep up from 243 units in the prior month and 197 units 12 months ago. Financing share was 80.1%.

Heavy truck registrations recorded 136 units in Sep down from 144 units in the prior month and 133 units 12 months ago. Financing share was 88.2%.

Bus registrations recorded 235 units in Sep slightly down from 243 units in Aug and 247 units 12 months ago. Financing share was 93.3%.

How to Change Nissan Leaf KM instead of Miles

To change from kilometers to miles on the navigation, use:

Menu --> Settings --> Others --> Language --> Select Language/Units --> English (Km)

Vehicle imports to drop by about 90 percent after govt regulations

Sri Lanka's vehicle imports will drop by at least 90 percent after the government changes the way it calculates the value of certain motor vehicles, officials said on Friday.

The Indian Ocean island nation is trying to discourage unnecessary imports in a move to prevent dollar outflows and further weakening of the rupee currency.

Pressure on the currency has intensified after the central bank effectively floated it on Sept. 4. It has fallen 4.6 percent since then.

The finance ministry in a special gazette notification on Sept. 22 changed the basis by which customs will calculate the value of vehicles to one that is determined by the price provided by the manufacturer.

Previously, valuations were made based on the higher of two figures: the price determined by the director general of customs based on prices furnished by the manufacturersor the actual transaction value of the vehicle.

"Vehicle imports will drop by about 90 percent, that may be the intention of the people who created this," Kokila Deekiriwewa Co-President of the Vehicle Importers Association of Lanka told Reuters.

"Now, customs arbitrarily decides the valuation of vehicles on top of the rupee depreciation and other government regulations to discourage vehicle imports. So this will increase vehicle prices drastically."

On Oct 2, the finance minister also imposed a 100 percent margin on letters of credit (LC) for motor vehicles.

The cost of importing vehicles in the first seven months almost doubled to $744.4 million, central bank data showed.

The balance of payments during the first seven months of 2015 is estimated to have been in a deficit of $1.21 billion, compared with a surplus of $2.02 billion in the same period last year. (Reporting by Ranga Sirilal; Editing by Kim Coghill)

Source : http://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/idINL3N12923720151009

How to modify upgrade Repair Nissan Leaf Charging Cable....

Source : http://www.evsrilanka.com/viewtopic.php

One day morning my brother came and show me his New Nissan leaf cannot charge No lights when plug in to power

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I just observe and spot diagnosed this should be a problem of power supply (step down transformer) then I opened it and found primary winding (AC side open circuit) I decide to replace the Power transformer.

I just try to open the Charging controller all the nails are covered by long plastic knobs you need to remove those 6 knobs to access the nails

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you can make small drill hole and put the needle nose flier and pull it then you can see the nail.

To remove nail you need Allen key set then remove all six nails and remove the cover make sure you place the silicon beading which used to prevent water entering into the controller do not damage twist during re assembling

This is how it looks like

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Identify the parts remove two nails on transformer block using plus screw driver

I found transformer primary side is open and give infinite resistance my diagnosis is correct so I proceed the repair replacing the step down transformer. 

[flash=]I came to know some people charge nearly 20,000/= Rs for this repair or Upgrade to 240V as both use the same procedure I decided to write this article prevent this racket do not pay more than 2000/= if have no skills to do this job contact me I will help you. [/flash]

Disconnect the two connectors Yellow and Red and check with ohm meter for connectivity if faulty AC side Red wires give infinite resistance so it is time to replace the transformer you can not find the same model but we can find same or better specifications 

Panasonic use 200V primary and 19v secondary we can find locally 240V 9v X 9V that is half wave 18V that is enough for the work you need to choose at least 500ma transformer you can find this very easily in open market. see the picture bellow.
secondary side center wire is not used in this project cut short and insulate 

Cut both connectors close to old black transformer and solder to new transformer red wires to Primary side and yellow wires to secondary side. if you have heat shrinkable tube insert it to the four ends of the wires before soldering and push away from your soldering area to prevent shrink those during solder. 

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you may find it difficult to fix due to plastics you may remove disturbing plastic notches to accommodate new transformer screw the two nails and fix the transformer connect the connectors to correct place.

assemble it and power up enjoy you have saved over 100000/ rupees with less than 1000/= rupees any comments or suggestions are welcome

වාහන සඳහා බදු ඉහල දැමීමට හේතුව

ජපන් වාහන ශ්‍රී-ලංකාවට ගෙනඒම අවමකිරීම සඳහා කටයුතු සැලසීමට හේතුවූ කාරනාව වශයෙන් මුදල් අමාත්‍යවරයා ප්‍රකාශ කරන්නේ ඉදිරි දින 90 ක කාලය ඇතුළත දැනට වැඩිවි තිබෙන ඩොලරයේ අගය රුපියල් 130කට ආසන්න අගයක් දක්වා පහත වැටීමට නියමිතව ඇති බවයි.

ශ්‍රී-ලංකාවට ලැබීමට නියමිතව ඇති විදේශ ආධාර ප්‍රමාණයත් රුපියලේ අගය ස්වාභාවික ලෙස ස්ථාවරවීමට ඉඩහැරීමත් තුල මෙම තත්වය ඇතිවනු ඇති බව ඔහු ප්‍රකාශ කරයි. නමුත් මේ මොහොතේ වැඩිපුර වාහන ගෙන ඒම තුල ජනතාවට වැඩි මුදලක් ගෙවීමට සිදුවීම හේතුවෙන් වාහන ආනයනක කිරීම අධෛර්යය කිරීම සඳහා මෙසේ බදු පැනවීමට තිරණය කරනලද බව වාර්ථා වේ.

එමෙන්ම එළැඹෙන අයවැයත් සමඟ ආණයනික බදු අඩුකරනවාට අමතරව නව වැඩපිළිවෙළක් යටතේ ජපන් වාහන තොගයක් එකවර ගෙන්වන අයට අමතර වාහනයක් සඳහා විශේෂ සහනයක් ලබාදෙන වැඩපිළිවෙලක්ද සකසා තිඛෙන බව වාර්තා වන අතර මේ අනුව වාහන මිල තවත් පහල යනු ඇති බව අපේක්ෂිතයි.

Source : http://theceylon.net

Custom Valuation of Vehicle List

Motor Vehicle List with new FOB values

Bens http://www.customs.gov.lk/news/fob151002.pdf 

Landrover http://www.customs.gov.lk/news/fob2.pdf 

Mitsubishi http://www.customs.gov.lk/news/fob3.pdf 

Audi http://www.customs.gov.lk/news/fob4.pdf 

BMW http://www.customs.gov.lk/news/fob5.pdf 

Toyota http://www.customs.gov.lk/news/fob6.pdf

With this order the actual transacted FOB value of the vehicle has been excluded from the new valuation criteria and Sri Lanka Customs will use a predetermined value in order to apply relevant customs duties.

As per the above gazette notification, issued on September 22, customs value of certain motor vehicles imported should be the aggregate of the following four items.

(1) Customs value, determined by the Director General of Customs based on the price furnished by the manufacturer of such vehicle.
(2) Cost of transport to the port of Sri Lanka.
(3) Loading, unloading and handling charges associated with the transport to the port of Sri Lanka.
(4) Cost of insurance to the port of Sri Lanka.

When compared to the early gazette notification published on 10 February 2015, there is only one major difference which affected the first item above.

(1) Higher of the two alternative values of (i) and (ii) below;

(i) Price determined by the Director General of Customs based on the price furnished by the manufacturer of such vehicle:

(ii) Actual Transacted Free On Board (F.O.B.) value of the vehicle. Transacted value shall include local charges of every description incurred until the vehicle reaches the port in Sri Lanka.

It is clear that the actual transacted FOB value of the vehicle has now been excluded from the new criteria.

Sri Lanka Customs will use a predetermined value in order to apply relevant customs duties, back dated to 17 September 2015. The effective date was then verbally postponed to 30 September 2015.

For instance as per Sri Lanka Customs data, 1800 cc 4 Cylinder PRIUS has a FOB value of 3,497,237 Japanese yen and that figure will be used as the base for their valuation.

2400 cc 4 cylinder RAV 4 has a value of 2,591,714 Japanese yen, while 2700 cc 4 Cylinder PRADO has a value of 3,956,727 Japanese yen.

According to the provisions of the gazette, these numbers are based on the prices furnished by the manufacturers of these vehicles. But the exact way as to how these predetermined values are obtained is undisclosed.

Kokila Deekiriwewa, a lawyer by profession and Co-President of Lanka Vehicle Importers Association told LBO that these values are arbitrary.

“These are baseless figures with just high values. These should be ‘based’ on the prices of manufacturers not ‘beyond’ their prices,” he said.

“As an example, you’ll have to pay more than 800,000 rupees to clear an imported Aqua car because of this.”

As per the new gazette same value will be applied for older vehicles and newer vehicles of the same model.

“Whether it is manufactured in 2012 or 2015, same duty will be applied.” he said.

In terms of Article 10 of the Customs (Amendment) Act No. 2 of 2003, the minister has the power to set minimum values on goods in order to charge custom duties on such minimum values.

“So, the DG of Customs or any other official has no power to set values; it should be done by the minister himself through a gazette and it’s not transferable,” he said.

“It is unfair to decide arbitrary values using several customs officials,” he further stressed.

Source : http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/sri-lanka-vehicle-prices-to-increase-with-new-customs-valuation-basis/

Japanese cars hit the sky

Through the Gazette notification No. 1933/16 pertaining to imposing Customs duties, the government has announced new Customs duties on Japanese motor vehicles like Toyota and others imported to Sri Lanka.

Accordingly, the Customs duty on a Toyota Aqua vehicle has been increased by Rs. 770,000while the duty on a Toyota Axio vehicle has been increased by Rs. 703,000.

Furthermore, the Customs duty on a Toyota Hiace Petrol vehicle has been increased by Rs. 1,365,000 and a Toyota Hiace Diesel vehicle by Rs. 1,700,000.

Similarly, the Customs duties on Toyota Premio/Allion vehicles have been increased by Rs. 675,000 and Toyota Prius motorcars by Rs. 1,120,000.

Also, the Customs duty on a Toyota Harrier has been upped by Rs. 1,150,000 while on a Mitsubishi Outlander the duty has gone up by Rs. 852,000.

The duty increases on these vehicles are given in the following Table:

Commenting on this, Sri Lanka Motor Vehicle Importers’ Association president Indika Sampath Merinchige said that the prices of these vehicles would increase in accordance with these Customs duty increases.

He also added that due to the duty increase on Japanese vehicles, the prices of Indian manufactured vehicles too would increase.

Source : http://bizenglish.adaderana.lk/exclusive-duty-increase-on-japanese-cars-hit-the-sky-aqua-up-by-7-lakhs-prius-by-11-20-lakhs/

Replacing the stock horn to Fiamm Twin Horns

Source :  http://www.electricvehiclewiki.com/?title=Replacing_the_stock_horn 

The stock horn has two male 1/4" spade connectors, which connect to two corresponding female connectors from the wiring harness. One female connector, on the long wire from the wiring harness, is the negative lead; the other female connector, on the shorter wire, is the positive lead. (The female connectors have a nub that you need to squeeze to disconnect.)

If your new horns come as a pair, connect them in parallel: connect their positive terminals together and then to the positive lead (shorter wire from wiring harness); connect their negative terminals together and then to the negative lead (longer wire from wiring harness). This means that, for Fiamm El Grande horns, you need two 'Y' leads. Each lead has one male spade connector to two female spade connectors:

The Fiamm horns' mounting bolt is also its negative terminal. The kit should include washers that has a spade connector on their perimeter; the washer goes on the bolt and its spade connector provides the negative contact point. The single male spade connector on the horn's body is its positive terminal.
The horn bracket's bolt is 12mm; it is torqued to 13 ft-lbs.


An alternate method of mounting is to mount the horns to one side , so as to minimize blockage of air flow through the radiator.

Method 1: From Bottom


Remove the forward underbody panel to get at the horn:

Full Tour of Leaf Underbody. click here...

• It's almost as simple as plug and plug.There are two quick connectors on the stock horn.You un bolt the old horn.
• Pull off the quick connectors.
• create two wires shaped as Y's, the top legs of the Y need 1/4" female quick connectors and the bottom needs inline quick connectors.
• Snip off the stock 1/4" quick connectors and crimp the bottom inline quick connectors to the snipped off stock wires.
• Now you will have (4) 1/4" Quick Connectors to connect to 2 horns, two connectors will be positive and two will be negative.
• Don't mixed them up. 
• Cover all exposed wires and quick connectors with electrical tape and you're set. 

Method 2: From Above


You can replace the horn from above. This involves removing the radiator's cowl and the coolant expansion tank.

To see full pictorial tour, Click here...

• Open the hood and remove the front bezel that covers the radiators. 
• Get the coolant overflow tank out of the way.
• You can see the stock horn

There is a foam block and lots of stuff in the way of top access on 2014 Leaf. Also the panel does not easily come off anymore.

After took the top plastic cover off there are additional plastic covers that block your access from getting to the horn from above. See this picture, click here...