Wednesday, December 30, 2015

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

Friday, December 25, 2015

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.”

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

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



Monday, December 14, 2015

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

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

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.