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July 13, 2013
Charging
As Best Buy Exits The EVSE Game, Ford Goes With AeroVironment to Provide Home Charging
Ford Selects AeroVironment For Home Charging Solution For Their Electric Vehicle Lineup In addition to Ford branded Leviton charging stations, Ford Motor Company has selected AeroVironment as the preferred installation partner and authorized charging station supplier for the Ford Focus Electric, C-MAX Energi and Fusion Energi plug-in electric vehicles. AeroVironment is also...
13 July 2013
Charging
PSEG Entices Employees to Go Electric By Offering Free Charging/Parking Through 2016 at Headquarters in New Jersey
Now here's a way to convince employees that going electric is the right financial choice: offer free charging and parking at the workplace. Employees Only at This Charging Site That's precisely what PSEG is doing at its headquarters in Newark, New Jersey. PSEG just opened what it says is the state's largest charging facility, but it's basically off-limits...
13 July 2013
Charging
US is Now Home to 475 Million Charging Stations...Sort Of
Chevy Volt 110 Volt Charger What most of the general public doesn't seem to know (or perhaps they do, but simply choose to ignore it) is that the US is home to an estimated 475 million charging stations. These stations, most of which were installed decades ago, function rather well for plug-in hybrid and can suffice (sort of) for patient electric vehicle owners. Of co...
13 July 2013
General
Renault ZOE Electrifies the Flins Factory
ZOE and New Clio Recently, Renault presented a story on Zoe production in Flins, France. That's where the flagship of Renault’s electric vehicle range is assembled, together with the New Clio and Clio Collection on the same assembly line. Renault ZOE production Production of the Zoe in Europe started at the end of 2012 and, by March 2...
13 July 2013
Sales
Mid-Year Report Card On Our 2013 Plug-In Sales Predictions
How Many EVs Will Roll Off Dealership )Or Boutique) Lots In The Second Half? At the beginning of the year, I decided to walk the plank and throw some numbers out there to predict the US sales of plug-in vehicles. Since we are now into the dog days of summer, it is time to revisit those predictions and find out how wrong I really was. Below is a breakdown of how the ye...
13 July 2013
San Jose State University Campus Police Roll Out Their Zero DS Electric Motorcyles (w/video)
2012 MY Zero DS Police Motorcycle Zero Motorcycles again delivered police versions of its electric bikes. This time, two copies of the Zero DS motorcycles went to the San Jose State University Police Department. Certainly this is not a big order, like in Columbia, but these are the first ever motorcycles to join the campus' fleet. 2012 MY Zero DS Police...
13 July 2013
General
In Hawaii, Electric Vehicles Only Save You 5 Cents Per eGallon Unless You Go Solar
You Save Only 5 Cents by Going Electric in Hawaii...It's Time to go Solar Ever since the DoE launched its nifty eGallon calculator tool, there's been a constant stream of articles showing that electric vehicles are far cheaper to "fuel" than gasoline automobiles in most US states. Solar is the way to go in Hawaii However, that's not the c...
13 July 2013