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  • Nissan's 10 minuite rapid charger

    [EDIT: Since publishing this story, it has come to our attention that this story is indeed about storage technology, not charging technology. We're investigating our sources to try and better understand the advancement made in Japan] The time it takes an electric car to fully recharge from empty has always been the technology’s Achilles heel, with even a so-called rapid-charge taking half an hour for a car like the 2012 Nissan Leaf. As most consumers will tell you, they think electric cars should refuel as quickly as gasoline ones. But that goal might soon be in sight thanks to a joint...

  • 2012 Tesla Model S Charging Connector
    Tesla's 2012 Model S Charging Equipment. Redesign For Redesign's Sake?

    Last weekend, Tesla released more details about its up-coming 2012 Model S all-electric luxury sedan at an exclusive reservation-holder and media Model S event in Fremont, California. While some of the new information -- like the sub-4.5 second 0-60 time of the new Model S Sport variant -- got us...

  • EVTEC Mobile Fast Charger
    Swiss Firm Develops Portable Rapid Electric Car Charging Station

    As electric cars become more and more popular, there are an increasingly large number of firms selling electric car charging equipment, from wall-mounted domestic charging stations through to large, commercial rapid charging stations for parking lots, shopping malls and gas stations. Now...

  • Coulomb Technologies ChargePoint
    Electric Car Charging: Coming To Central Parking Garage Near You

    Central Parking, a nationwide parking garage company responsible for 1.1 million parking spots -- and its Tennessee-based subsidiary USA Parking Systems -- will soon host electric car charging facilities at 2,220 of its parking garages. Under an agreement signed earlier this week, the Car Charging...

  • 2011 Nissan Leaf at quick-charging station
    Walgreens Installs DC Rapid Electric Car Chargers “Where Practical”

    You may already know that pharmaceuticals giant Walgreens is installing as many as 800 electric car charging stations at its branches throughout New York City, Houston, Dallas Fort-Worth and Chicago. While we all reeled in horror to the news that it could cost Walgreens customers as much as $4 for...

  • Nichicon Rapid Charging Station
    Faster Electric-Car Charging Gets Smaller, And That’s Better

    If you’ve got a 2011 Nissan Leaf SL you probably ordered it with the included $700 rapid charging port, capable of recharging its 24 kilowatt-hour battery pack to 80 percent full in a little under 30 minutes using an off-board rapid charger. But direct-current rapid charging stations using...

  • Charging Station Installation Video (screenshot)

    Here at GreenCarReports we like to cover every aspect of owning and driving an electric car -- from choosing the right model for you through to learning how to get the best range and buying a dedicated charging station. But what about getting your electric car charging station installed? Do you know what steps need to be carried out to safely install a level 2, 240-volt charging station in your garage? Unless you’re a professional electrician or a committed electric car enthusiast who has fitted their own do-it-yourself charging station, the answer is probably ‘No’ -- but...

  • Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J-1772 "combo" electric-car charging plug
    This Monstrosity Will Be Your Next Electric-Car Charging Plug

    It's almost the size of a misshapen softball, but it may be the charging combo you will have to use for quick charging on future electric cars. The U.S. Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) is in the process of expanding its J-1772 standard for an electric-car coupler from the current round...

  • EV charging station at Costco
    Costco Pulls The Plug On Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

    Back in the 1990s, when it seemed like electric vehicles were gaining traction with consumers, Costco did something unusual: the big-box retailer installed charging stations at many of its California locations. Now, however, those stations are being removed, and electric car fans aren't happy...

  • Leviton Level 2 Electric Car Charging Station
    Toyota To Offer Leviton Charging Stations For Prius Plug-In

    Next year, Toyota will be launching a trio of plug-in vehicles - the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid, the 2012 Toyota RAV4EV and the 2012 Scion IQ. To coincide with that launch, Toyota has announced it will be selling a branded electric-car charging station, made by electronics manufacturing firm...

  • Top Gear Stage Another Electric Car Stunt
    Top Gear Nissan Leaf Episode Sparks Healthy Debate, Positive Reactions

    A little over a week ago, the BBC aired an episode of its popular motoring entertainment program Top Gear in which presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May searched in vain for an electric-car charging station. They needed to recharge their fully-drained 2011 Nissan Leaf in the rural English county...

  • Scenes from dedication of electric-car charging station at Creekside Inn, Palo Alto, CA
    French Charging Laws Could Leave Electric Car Adoption in Flames

    Earlier this week we told you about the Danish town refusing to allow charging station and battery provider Better Place from installing charging points unless it painted them green. Now the electric car craziness has headed south to France, where officials at the French Ministry for the...

  • AAA's Mobile Electric Vehicle Charging truck

    What happens when your electric car runs out of charge? It’s a question we regularly get asked by readers and its one that for a while, there’s only been one real solution. Just like a gasoline car, you need to make sure you have enough fuel to make your trip. But everyone makes mistakes once in a while, and we’re sure most people have run out of fuel at least once in their life. Traditionally, the AAA has been at hand for stranded motorists whose cars had run out of gas, but now the breakdown service has introduced a fleet of emergency charging stations capable of helping...

  • Fast Charging 2011 Nissan Leaf
    Seattle Loves 2011 Nissan Leaf So Much, It Buys 35

    Last week we told you how the City of New York had just taken ownership of 50, 2011 Chevrolet Volts in an attempt to green up everything from the NYPD to official departments few will have heard of. Now Seattle has followed suit, with the announcement that the city will be buying 35 all-electric...

  • 110V outlet
    Got a 2011 Chevy Volt? Check Your 110V Charge Cable

    If you’re thinking of buying a 2011 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, then you’re probably already aware that its 16 kilowatt-hour battery pack is much smaller than the battery packs normally found in pure electric cars. As a consequence, it is even possible to charge the Volt’s...

  • 2011 Nissan Leaf plugged into an EVgo quick-charging station, Texas
    Five Ways to Disguise an Electric Car Charging Station

    If you own an electric car you’ll also be familiar with the wide variety of charging stations on the market today. If you’ll forgive us for saying so, very few of them are design classics. There’s a good reason too - charging stations are nothing more than appliances, built...

  • ECOtality Blink charging stations for electric & plug-in cars
    Want a $500 Electric Car Charging Station? So Does the DoE

    If you’re in the market for an Electric car you’ll know that besides the obvious financial burden of paying for the car itself you probably want to budget a few thousand dollars extra to account for the installation of a dedicated electric car charging station in your home. At the...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Volt home charging
    Why CNBC Is Flat-Out Wrong On Electric-Car Charging

    The transition from gasoline to plug-in hybrid and fully electric cars will admittedly be a slow one, but sometimes we wonder if our colleagues in the mainstream media would rather the transition not happen at all. At least, that’s the message we got reading an article by the usually balanced...

  • His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Prince of Wales

    While many in the United Kingdom doubt that he will accede his mother Queen Elizabeth II to the throne and become King, HRH the Prince of Wales has never been one to shy away from helping his subjects combine quintessential British values with new technology. His latest project does exactly that, combining the unlikely bedfellows of rural redevelopment and electric cars in a new eco-village. While he has been a passionate - and sometimes controversial - supporter of what many would describe a traditional British rural way of life, the Prince’s love of architecture, organic farming...

  • 2011 Nissan Leaf
    Electric Car Charging Faster With Unofficial Hardware Upgrade

    We’ll admit that when we first heard that some technically-minded Nissan Leaf owners and engineers were hacking the portable 120 Volt level 1 Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE - or charge cable) provided with every 2011 Nissan Leaf we were more than cautious to the idea that it could be...

  • Portland CHAdeMO quick-charging station (publicly accessible)
    Fast Charging Electric Cars: How Much is it Worth?

    Ask any electric car owner to name the benefits of owning an electric car and the ability to leave your house every morning with a ‘full tank’ is likely to be at the top of their list, followed closely by the fact that most electric cars can provide enough range to last more than a...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Volt charging port
    Need To Recharge An Electric Car? Check The Charging Station First 

    One of the liberating benefits to owning an electric car is the ability to plug in and charge up wherever there happens to be a purpose-built charging station, or indeed a standard domestic power outlet. But while most of the electric cars on sale in the U.S. today comply with the J1772 standard of...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Volt using Level 2 240-Volt charging station in Vacaville, California
    San Francisco Will Juice Your Electric Car For Free

    The city of San Francisco, California, will install electric vehicle charging stations in publicly-owned garages and at San Francisco International Airport by the end of the year that drivers can use for free until 2013. The plan involves dropping around 90 charging stations across the city in the...

  • Scenes from dedication of electric-car charging station at Creekside Inn, Palo Alto, CA
    Electric-Car Warning: Check Your Utility Bill Carefully!

    It is apparently quite possible that the local utility company that provides the power to charge your new electric vehicle may not have "all its ducks in a row" when it comes to charging you properly for that electricity. I recently bought both a 2011 Nissan Leaf and a 2011 Chevy Volt, and well...

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