Wacky Solar Charging Station TWITT Wins Obscure Design Contest
The challenge: Design a solar charging station and accompanying canopy with emphasis on “economy, aesthetics, modular flexibility and sustainability.”
Those were the guidelines ...
Pennsylvania Turnpike to Add Much-Needed Charging Stations at All Service Plazas
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has decided to install charging stations for electric vehicles at four of its 17 service plazas by Summer 2013. Eventually, all 17 of the Turnpike’s ...
Two-Way Charging Electric Vehicles Start To Earn Money From The Grid In The US
In Delaware, fifteen Mini E models that have been donated by BMW, are currently being utilize to “balance the grid” by drawing and selling energy at appropriate times in ...
EVSE Market to Grow by Compound Annual Rate of 35% From 2012 Through 2016
A relatively accurate method for determining growth in any particular industry is to evaluate the suppliers that make essential components for that industry’s ultimate success.
For ...
California Bill To Make Public Charging More Accessible
Currently, public charging stations found in California are required to be part of a larger network, that requires membership to allow plug-owners to recharge their cars.
However, ...
Study: 48,705 Public Charging Stations Installed Worldwide
A Navigant Research study says that there are 48,705 publically accessible chargers available worldwide as of the end of March 2013.
This number is made up of mostly (more than 94%) ...
FBI Investigating Charging Network Developer 350Green for Wrongdoings in Chicago
According to the Chicago Tribune, 350Green, a developer of wide scale electric vehicle charging networks in major cities in the US and around the world, has drawn the unwanted attention ...
Public Charging Stations in US Now Number Over 5,678; Total Public Charging Outlets Exceed 16,256
The total number of public charging outlets (not to be confused with individual charging stations) hit 16,256 on March 25, 2013. As for individual public charging stations in the ...
Are Charging Stations Vulnerable to Hackers? Security Expert Says Yes
At the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam, a security researcher by the name of Ofer Shezaf warned that charging stations could be a major target for hackers.
According the Shezaf, ...
ECOtality and Kroger to Expand Partnership With Install of 225 Additional Charging Stations; 25 to be DC Quick Chargers
ECOtality and Kroger decided just days ago to expand upon their initial partnership by installing an additional 225 charging stations at 125 Kroger locations in “several key ...
With Competition Coming, CHAdeMO Fast Charging Stations Multiply, Now 2,501 Units
We know 2013 will see the first new SAE Combo plug fast charging stations go head-to-head with the “old guard” of the Japanese-based CHAdeMO standard.
The battle lines ...
Are Plugless Electric Vehicles the Future of Transportation?
Has the time come to cut the cord?
Should an electric vehicle be able to travel down the road endlessly, without the need to ever plug in?
That is the ultimate goal of a research ...
