The San Diego Naval Base unveiled on Friday its first so-called DC fast-charging station for electric vehicles, the latest move in a push to green up the regional military’s fleet of light-duty vehicles. Along with the dozens of recently installed chargers around California, officials plan to roll out more than 200 new electric vehicles in coming months on Navy…
Electric vehicles have come a long way. Back in the early days, consumers tended laugh at the worst EVs on the U.S. market. Once the prize-winning EVs by Tesla appeared, green cars were never the same. As of 2017, you can find Hyundai and BMW officially in the plug-in mix along with Nissan, Tesla, and Detroit. In other words, electric cars are a competitive affair…
TORONTO – Ontario’s Liberal government will miss its self-imposed deadline of the end of this month to have a network of nearly 500 electric vehicle charging stations up and running. Ministry of Transportation officials say about two-thirds of the stations will be live by Friday. The government made the commitment last year, but has run into a few problems with…
Styling The two-seat Smart ForTwo is one of the smallest cars on American roads. Measuring just over 106 inches from tip to tail, and a shade under 62 inches tall and wide, the electric version is small enough to occupy the smallest of spaces, from gaps in busy rush-hour traffic to overcrowded parking lots. When the diminutive Smart ForTwo was first introduced…
Tyre manufacturer Goodyear has announced the winner of its first ThinkGoodMobility challenge, a competition which asked millennials to develop innovative ideas to revolutionise future mobility . The challenge was won by Artur ZÄ…bczyk, a student at the Silesian University of Technology in Poland, who created a two-part system called the Management and Recovery…
Driving an electric car has a lot of upsides: A quiet, smooth ride. Tons of torque for great acceleration. No gas to buy, access to the HOV lane, and that warm, fuzzy feeling you get knowing you aren’t burning fossil fuels. But charging the damn thing sure can be a pain. If you want to plug in anywhere but your garage, you’ve got to there’s a charger wherever…
Story highlights Public stations provide some drivers their only means of charging a car Some stations are free, while others charge about $1 to $2 an hour Drivers say they spend more money at businesses with plug-in stations But the network of public chargers isn t large enough, drivers say Sometimes gawkers stare from the sidewalk. Other times they walk right…
We don’t need to tell you that buying a new a set of wheels can be stressful endeavor. Throw in a monkey wrench like buying a car powered by an unconventional power source you’re unfamiliar with — electricity for example — and you’ve got an ordeal you could probably do without. But with gas prices at or near the $4.00 mark nationwide, now might be the right time…
LYNWOOD > Alma Martinez stood proudly in a City Hall parking lot Thursday as Southern California Edison workers installed eight new charging ports for electric cars. The Lynwood city manager said the city will be first among the lower-income gateway cities hugging the polluted 710 Freeway corridor to invest in electrified transportation. “We are so outside…
Remember that time you saw a tesla zooming down Juan B. Justo and Santa Fe? Exactly. You probably haven’t. Although precise figures on exactly how many electric cars there are in Buenos Aires are not available, the number is pretty low compared to countries like Norway where the market share for electric cars is a whopping 37 percent. Apparently those Nordic…
According to most green technology experts, the scarcity of convenient public charging stations is one of the largest barriers to widespread adoption of electric cars. Until that problem is solved, early adopters must either plan their routes to overlap with charging stations using an app like PlugShare, or find a way to bring the charging station with them…
On Thursday afternoon, employees at AEP headquarters test-drove some of the latest electric car models on the market as a way to promote the corporation s latest undertaking: installing hundreds of electric charging stations throughout Columbus. As part of Smart Columbus, the city s initiative to invest in innovative and sustainable public transportation, AEP…
Our Home Charging Station model EVSE-RS charges your vehicle while you sleep, enjoy a meal, or spend time with your family. Featuring a standardized connector, the EVSE-RS is designed to be compatible with your Nissan LEAF®. EVSE-RS is weatherized for both indoor and outdoor installation in garages, carports or driveways. Nissan Home Charging Welcome to our electric…
PALO ALTO, Calif.—Tim Thomson needed a charge, quickly. With his all-electric Nissan Leaf fast losing battery power and no places to plug in along the highway from Fresno, Calif., to San Francisco, Thompson turned to his iPhone. He pulled up an application called PlugShare that maps charging stations for electric vehicle drivers. A resident in nearby Madera had…
Despite the fact that most of the car accessories are suitable both for traditional and electric cars, there are some slight differences. Mainly, these differences are explained by the car structure. So while you can find a plenty of information about car accessories for traditional vehicles, there is nearly no information about accessories for EVs. Nevertheless…
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a new electric vehicle campaign that includes the installation of charging stations, incentives for employers to encourage employees to drive electric vehicles and extensive public education and outreach. The increased use of electric vehicles will help the state in achieving its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions…
Do not be surprised if the appearance of this car seems familiar to you. You could well see it in the BBC series Life On Mars and in many other movies, where the action takes place in the seventies. It is no wonder, Ford Cortina MK3 was one of the most popular and the best selling cars in Britain. It was produced from 1970 till 1976 by the unified European…
Duke Energy, the southeastern utility, has advised 125 customers with electric or hybrid cars to avoid using their home charging stations during the investigation of a fire in Mooresville, N.C., that apparently started near a charging station the company installed. One hundred of its customers in Indiana and 25 in the Carolinas have the same Siemens charging…
Solar panels and electric cars are a match made in heaven – when you install a solar energy system on your home, you can use it to both power your home and charge your electric car for emissions-free transportation. The cost of solar is falling rapidly, and companies from Tesla to Nissan are manufacturing electric cars for your daily use. Now, the ability to…
When plug-in electric cars came on the market less than four years ago, the first 240-Volt home charging stations carried four-figure price tags. Now a handful of models cost less than $500-and a fairly high-amperage model is being offered by Home Depot this month for $499 after a special offer. The amperage rating is an important, and sometimes overlooked, specification…
The ChargePoint CT4025 commercial electric vehicle charging station (EVSE) is the right fit for any business to offer convenient, fast, safe and reliable electric car charging to employees, customers and residents. The ChargePoint CT4 series generates revenue, branding and sustainability opportunities while charging popular electric car models including Tesla…
