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ChargePoint brings convenient and reliable EV charging to your apartment or condo. Compatible with any EV: Our charging stations come with a standard J1772™ connector that can charge any EV on the road. Support when you need it: Our support team is standing by to help 24/7. One account for all your charging needs: With your ChargePoint account you can make payments…
The Kansas City region is now one of the best places to own an electric vehicle. The KCP&L Clean Charge Network consists of more than 1, electric vehicle charging stations — more than any other U.S. city. This is great news for our region, whether or not you currently own an electric vehicle. Good for Electric Car Owners (Current & Future) Electric…
In May 2013, Kristen House, her husband and their three children packed up their Nashville, Tenn., home, strapped their Nissan Leaf to the back of the moving truck and hit the road to foggy San Francisco. Whenever they’d stop somewhere, House would pull the Leaf off the moving truck and the family would drive it around town, running errands or grabbing a bite…
FRANKFURT BMW has developed street lights equipped with sockets to charge electric cars, it said on Friday, and will run a pilot project in Munich next year that uses existing local authority lighting networks. BMW said it has made two prototype Light and Charge street lights which combine efficient Light Emitting Diodes (LED) with the company s ChargeNow recharging…
Slinky Studio Small but proudly powerful Small but proudly powerful and useful when on the road and running low on power. A great low cost option for families and tech savvy peeps who don’t have integrated USB ports or want to add some more to the car. So, as this review comes to its end we have to at least congratulate ARCTIC for creating these two excellent…
Since the invention of the automobile, the vast majority of U.S. cars and trucks have been fueled by oil. “Conventional” cars burn gasoline or diesel in an internal combustion engine, turning the wheels and moving the vehicle. In contrast, electric cars and trucks use electric motors to partially or entirely replace the internal combustion engine. Instead of…
We recommend getting a 50-amp charging station when buying an EVSE. The charge times are faster and will help extend the range of your electric car or vehicle. This also helps future proof your EVSE if/when you get an electric car that charges faster than today’s models. However, there are different types you can use depending on what you need. Level 1 Level…
Those new stations will be deployed around highways in the UK. ChargePoint wrote in a press release: “The UK market itself is at an inflection point. There are more than 90, EVs on the road today but this could reach 1.2 million by 2020 according to the Department for Transport. However, one of the major driver concerns currently is the frequency of charging…
How much does it cost to install an electric vehicle charging station at home? As electric vehicles become more and more common, we will likely see growth in home electric vehicle charging stations. For this example, we ll examine the cost of installing a standard 240V charging station , which typically costs $1100-$1200. Although DIY-ers can install their own…
The more electric cars are sold, the more used electric car batteries start to pile up–and right now, manufacturers don’t have many good options for dealing with them. The materials are cheap enough that recycling doesn’t always make economic sense. Batteries sit on shelves, or worse, go to landfill. But a startup has discovered a new use: Using old batteries…
It has probably happened to you before.You go to turn your ignition, and nothing happens. Maybe you hear a few clicks. Another dead car battery? You need to fix this and get your vehicle back on the road - fast. If you are prepared, you already have a good set of jumper cables in your car. Now all you need to do is to learn how to jump start a car battery. Choosing…
Fastned is one of the fastest growing independent electric vehicle charging network in Europe. After covering the Netherlands, the company is now expanding to London and Germany with new fast-charging stations “that are suited to charge the next generation of EVs at power levels of 150 kW to 350 kW”. Transport for London (TfL) is aiming to have 300 rapid charging…
The project was delivered with corporate partners GE and ERM, giving drivers with electric cars access to a charging station in the King George Square car park. Two parking bays located next to the toll booths at the Roma Street exit of Brisbane City Council’s King George Square car park are fitted out with electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, supplied by…
It’s a tale as old as mobile technology time: buy a new phone or gadget, buy a new 12v car charger for it, repeat again next year. We’re here to give you some simple advice. Stop it. The days of device specific car chargers are over. Read on as we outline why you should switch and what products we recommend. Device Specific Chargers Are an Expensive Waste If…
State to spend $4.8M to install electric car charging stations A Ford Focus electric car from Metro Ford of Albany is plugged into a charging station during an unveiling of new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at Woodlake Apartments on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 in Albany, NY. The charging stations are part of a joint effort between NYSERDA and a federal and…
While various factors make it difficult to set the benchmark price for home charging, we can point to a national average price for a kilowatt-hour of household electricity, as documented by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. For April 2014, the EIA shows an average retail price of $0.1231 per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Of course, your price—depending on where…
Innogy SE, a subsidiary of German energy conglomerate RWE, announced that it has launched hundreds of blockchain-powered charging stations for electric cars across Germany through its e-mobility startup venture Share&Charge. Carsten Stöcker, senior innovation manager at Innogy Innovation Hub, which focuses on the development of digital business solutions…
There’s little doubt the age of electric cars is upon us. With technology developments like wireless charging just around the corner, rival energy businesses and car manufacturer developments like the network of Tesla Supercharger charging stations competing for headlines, plus government and local authority initiatives all working towards extending EV charging…
An electric car can be charged using standard household circuitry. Electric cars offer the promise of cleaner air in communities where power is generated from renewable energy sources - such as solar, wind, hydroelectric or nuclear energy - that emit no pollutants into the air. Surprisingly enough, plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) are also a cleaner choice than…
But for those who want to see the best of the country’s nature without polluting the air, the National Park Service announced on Wednesday that it will install up to 100 electric car chargers in parks across the nation. The project is a joint effort between the National Park Service, the National Park Foundation, BMW and the Department of Energy. The partnership…
