<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div>> Nissan LEAF owners have Carwings</div><div><br></div><div>Sure, that's true today in some parts of the world, but...</div><div><br></div><div>1. Carwings is terrible. It's slow, unreliable, and doesn't give the type of data owners want and we know is available on the CAN bus.</div><div><br></div><div>2. It was supposed to be free for three years. Our 2011 Leaf is coming up on four years old and so far no word about Carwings transitioning to being paid.</div><div><br></div><div>3. <a href="https://www.nissanusa.com/electric-cars/leaf/charging-range/disclaimers.html">Carwings depends on GPRS at least in the US</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>The minute Carwings either dies with GPRS or becomes a paid service, there are going to be a lot of LEAF owners looking for an alternative.</div><div><br></div><div>There are third party solutions that provide owners with data via Bluetooth, but they require either a cheap OBD-Bluetooth and an Android device, or a more expensive (and presumably power-hungry) OBD-WiFi device and an iPhone. As far as I know, there is no cellular-enabled solution.</div><div><br></div><div>LEAF US Sales History:</div><div><br></div><div>2010: 19</div><div>2011: 9,674</div><div>2012: 9,819</div><div>2013: 22,610</div><div>2014: 30,200</div><div><br></div><div> Tom</div></body></html>