Charging Stations

An 1,118-mile stretch of coastline with charging stations.

Finding a full charging station has frustrated many EV owners.

"Hey, Siri, take me to a charging station."

Japan's 7,000 CHAdeMO charging stations outnumber those in the rest of the world, combined.

Residential charging stations range in price from $499 to $749.

California-based EV Connect collaborates with GE, SparkFund to offer charging stations with a monthly payment plan.

Tesla, Ecotricity are no longer in a legal battle over charging stations along UK motorways.

Amsterdam-based Fastned offers lifetime free fast-charging rights to big shareholders.

Tesla picks up momentum in China with more destination charging stations.

ChargePoint will start offering system customized for apartment and condominium buildings.

350Green executives are charged with fraud over vehicle-charging networks planned for Chicago.

ChargePoint takes issue with PG&E's plan to build infrastructure for 25,000 plug-in vehicle recharging stations across California.

PG&E looks to build out infrastructure for 25,000 plug-in charging stations across Central and Northern California.

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.

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.

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.

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

Electric-vehicle charging stations. They may not just for the landed gentry anymore. At least in the Golden State.

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.

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.