DC fast charging coming to Southern California – slowly
Unofficial word on the status of DC fast charging in SoCal While it would be wonderful to report that we will be seeing banks of DC fast charges as pictured above awaiting our use as electric vehicle...
View ArticleCalifornia Plug-in Electric Vehicle Owner Survey Results
California Center for Sustainable Energy completes EV Survey The California Center for Sustainable Energy surveyed more than 2,500 electric vehicle (EV) owners to provide the state with its most...
View ArticleKohl’s adds more EV charging capacity
Charging stations now in fourteen states Kohl’s Department Stores has just announced the installation of 36 additional charging stations in 18 additional locations by later this fall. This will bring...
View ArticleThree pending bills could help California EV drivers
State could make EV ownership more attractive alternative than conventional vehicle ownership Three Assembly Bills put forth by Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield have been approved by the legislature and...
View ArticleCalifornia buys 10 Nissan LEAFs for its fleet
State also makes public charging stations available In January of 2011 California Governor Jerry Brown signed an Executive Order mandating reduction of unneeded state owned fleet vehicles, and...
View ArticleNissan to add 500 DC quick charge stations in 18 months
Nissan to take three prong approach – Dealers, Workplaces and Neighborhoods Nissan announced a partnership with NRG Energy, along with its subsidiary company eVgo®, to install 40 DC quick charge...
View Article70 Nissan LEAF taxis show capability in Mexico
20 in Mexico City – 50 in Aguascalientes We’re not quite sure how we missed this when these LEAFs were first deployed in Mexico as taxis, but they have now been in service for over a year. Not only...
View ArticleChargePoint and Blink to offer interoperability
Belong to one network, get access to the other In yet another innovation in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, two of the largest EV charge networks have developed a company that will allow the...
View ArticleCARWINGS adds ChargePoint for 2013
Over 11,000 Charging Stations added One feature added to CARWINGS for the 2013 LEAF was the addition of the ChargePoint charging network to the onboard navigation display. LEAF drivers can see station...
View ArticleKroger to install DC Fast Chargers along with Level 2
New markets include Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Diego Kroger is expanding from 74 installed charge stations to almost 300, including 25 DC Fast Chargers and 200 Level 2 stations. Previous...
View ArticleNissan’s 500 quick charger installations
Dealership installations underway in Southern California Back in January we wrote about Nissan’s plan to install 500 quick charge stations around the country in 18 months (found here). Details then...
View ArticleLEAF sales shine where infrastructure lives
West Coast strength proves infrastructure helps sales This week Nissan announced that LEAF sales passed the 25,000 mark in the US and over 60,000 worldwide. Recognizing that electric vehicle (EV) sales...
View ArticleEast Coast LEAF owners have cause to rejoice
Quick Charger installation to begin on East Coast Back in May we wrote about Nissan’s plan to install 500 DC quick charge stations around the country in the next 18 months (found here). At the time,...
View ArticleLEAF outsells Altima where there is infrastructure
Georgia state incentives help in Atlanta Nissan LEAF is the best selling Nissan model in Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle. It doesn’t take rocket science to figure out why. All three of these...
View ArticleSouthern California Edison shares gained knowledge – part II
A final look at SCE’s study The majority of first-time visitors to Southern California Edison’s (SCE) electric car site want to know how much it will cost to charge their cars if they buy an electric...
View ArticlePalo Alto looking to become an EV leader
City to consider requiring EV infrastructure in new residential construction According to Palo Alto Online three members of the Palo Alto city council, including the mayor and vice mayor, stated in a...
View ArticleNo Charge Electrons in Texas for LEAF owners
Nissan partners with NRG eVgo Nissan has partnered with NRG eVgo to provide new LEAF owners in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston Texas areas free access to public charge stations for one year. This...
View ArticleChargePoint becoming the network to beat with recent capital infusion
$22.6 million add brings total funding to over $110 million ChargePoint, based in northern California, now operates more than 17,000 charging ports in the nation making it the largest EV charging...
View ArticleWhich charging standard will win?
Will we need to have a winner? When we pull up to a typical gas pump, we are faced with several hose options – regular, mid-grade, premium, and sometimes diesel. Perhaps this is our electric vehicle...
View ArticlePSEG offers free EVSE to businesses for employee incentive
PSEG’s own employees have shown benefits of EV ownership The above infographic hits the high points of why they are making this offer: 13 employees saved $19,000 on gas in one year – that’s an average...
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