Charging Stations
Australia to build superhighway for EVs beside Great Barrier Reef
An 1,118-mile stretch of coastline with charging stations.
Tesla drivers can now see if Superchargers have open spots
Finding a full charging station has frustrated many EV owners.
Apple Maps gets smarter about plugging in EVs
"Hey, Siri, take me to a charging station."
Nissan says CHAdeMO at 'critical mass' in Japan
Japan's 7,000 CHAdeMO charging stations outnumber those in the rest of the world, combined.
ChargePoint Home EV charger now available on Amazon
Residential charging stations range in price from $499 to $749.
EV Connect offers public charging stations for $99/month
California-based EV Connect collaborates with GE, SparkFund to offer charging stations with a monthly payment plan.
Tesla, Ecotricity settle Supercharger diferences
Tesla, Ecotricity are no longer in a legal battle over charging stations along UK motorways.
Invest in Fastned, charge your EV free forever
Amsterdam-based Fastned offers lifetime free fast-charging rights to big shareholders.
Tesla making moves in China with destination charging
Tesla picks up momentum in China with more destination charging stations.
ChargePoint tries new solution to charging EVs at apartments
ChargePoint will start offering system customized for apartment and condominium buildings.
350Green EV charging company execs accused of fraud
350Green executives are charged with fraud over vehicle-charging networks planned for Chicago.
ChargePoint CEO calls PG&E's EV charging station 'monopoly' a bad idea
ChargePoint takes issue with PG&E's plan to build infrastructure for 25,000 plug-in vehicle recharging stations across California.
PG&E ready to install 25,000 EV charging stations
PG&E looks to build out infrastructure for 25,000 plug-in charging stations across Central and Northern California.
Free workplace charging not necessarily best option for happy EV drivers
Companies looking into providing workplace charging should charge slightly more than the market rate of electricity, and should have a mix of Level 1 and Level 2 charging stations, Plug In America says.
Smarter charging, load leveling can save $10,000 a month in electricity costs
Longtime electric-vehicle drivers will tell you that, when it comes maximizing efficiency while driving, smoothness counts. And it looks like the same goes for the electricity of the buildings charging those vehicles. Which is why General Electric is running a pilot program of plug-in vehicle chargers in New York, Wired reports.
When public charging fails you and your EV
Think that owning and driving a plug-in vehicle in green-centric San Francisco is easy? You should probably think again. That's because a lot of other residents already have the same idea, and there aren't enough charging stations to keep up. A classic First World problem, for sure, but a problem nevertheless for at least one EV driver.
UC Davis is most EV-ready campus
When it comes to deploying electric-vehicle charging stations, University of California Davis is giving it the old college try. The school, located just outside of Sacramento, has 38 plug-in vehicle charging stations on campus, making it the most charging-friendly institution of higher learning in the country. That's according to ChargePoint, which says more than 1,100 on-campus stations have been depl
California renters may soon install EV chargers at home
Electric-vehicle charging stations. They may not just for the landed gentry anymore. At least in the Golden State.
China Tesla driver goes crowd-funding route to get chargers installed
Tesla Motors has at least one Chinese businessman in its corner. Andrew Zong, CEO of heat-pump maker PHNIX, recently engaged in a bit of crowd-funding to establish a charging network for new owners of the Model S battery-electric sedan throughout at least part of the world's most populous nation. And it's good publicity, of course.
Zap-Map puts all of UK's charging points in one place
The UK has a total of 6,181 individual charging points at 2,539 electric-vehicle charging locations around the country. And the number is growing. Next Green Car, which publishes a green-car guide in the UK, has a feature tied to EV-station mapping system Zap-Map that will do the counting for you.