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GM, BMW Complete Testing Of New CCS Quick-Charging Stations For Electric Cars
General Motors and BMW announced on Tuesday that they had jointly completed testing new quick-charging equipment for plug-in electric cars. The charging stations, cables, and plugs were built to the new Combined Charging Standard (CCS) specification adopted by the Society of Automotive Engineers...
Tesla Supercharger Coming To Midwest Too, Not Just Coasts
The long-promised announcement from Tesla Motors on expansion of its Supercharger network has been delayed by the company's billion-dollar fundraising, and this week's payoff... May 24, 2013 by John Voelcker 22
2014 Chevy Spark EV First With CCS Quick-Charge Port (As Option)
Chevrolet's diminutive Spark EV will be the first car in the U.S. to offer the new SAE Combo charger for DC fast charging. Other electric cars have touted such a system... April 26, 2013 by Antony Ingram 14
Volvo C30 Electric Test Fleet: Latest Update Adds Fast Charging
The Volvo C30 Electric car might not be on general sale to the public, but that doesn't mean the Swedish automaker isn't serious about its compact electric car. Its test... April 25, 2013 by Antony Ingram 4
Fast Food & Fast Charging For Electric Cars: The Perfect Combination Meal?
McDonald's corporate colors may be red and yellow, but the fast food chain is much greener than you might imagine. For a start, it runs delivery trucks worldwide on biodiesel... April 23, 2013 by Antony Ingram 18
Best-Selling Nissan In Portland: Leaf Electric Car--Due To Electric Highway?
We've already asked whether the Tesla Model S sells more units than the equivalent BMW, Audi or Mercedes--and now Nissan is outselling regular vehicles with its Leaf. Not... April 23, 2013 by Antony Ingram 7
From Gas Station To Electric-Car Charging: Is Encinitas Leading The Nation?
From the ashes of an old gas station flies the phoenix of electric charging for all. If you excuse the confused metaphor, that's essentially the idea behind an electric car... April 22, 2013 by Antony Ingram 6
Tesla To Expand Supercharger Network In Northwest, TX, FL, and Northeast
One of the features associated with the 2013 Tesla Model S all-electric luxury sport sedan is the dedicated Supercharger network of DC quick-charge locations. Since the first... March 25, 2013 by John Voelcker 19
Life With 2013 Tesla Model S: Getting Supercharged In Winter
As the brand-new owner of a 60-kWh Tesla Model S, I was eager to try out a Supercharger, the ultrafast 90-kilowatt DC fast-charging stations that Tesla is establishing along... March 4, 2013 by David Noland 50
One DC Quick-Charge Station For Every Four Electric Cars! But, Where?
Imagine a paradise for electric-car drivers, where half the car's cost is subsidized and there's a nationwide network of DC quick-charging stations so plentiful that there's... February 25, 2013 by John Voelcker 6
![Nissan Leaf electric car with eVgo quick charging station. [courtesy eVgo]](http://static.hgmsites.net/images/cache/nissan-leaf_100417392_151x113.jpg "Nissan To Triple Quick-Charging Stations For Electric Cars Over 18 Months")
Nissan To Triple Quick-Charging Stations For Electric Cars Over 18 Months
Nissan announced today that it would provide 40 quick-charging stations to NRG, which will use them to expand its eVgo electric-car charging network into the Washington... January 31, 2013 by John Voelcker 16
Pike's 10 Electric-Car Predictions For 2013: Right Or Wrong?
It is, as we've pointed out on many occasions, exceedingly difficult to predict exactly where the market for electric cars will go. Most are confident it will continue to... January 7, 2013 by Antony Ingram 23
Tesla Supercharger Network Expands Into East Coast
The 2013 Tesla Model S comes with one feature no other electric car can match: free quick-charging at an expanding network of Supercharger stations, usable only by Tesla... December 24, 2012 by John Voelcker 12
Tesla’s First Electric-Car 'Supercharger' Stations Now Live
Last October, at the official launch of the 2012 Tesla Model S, we told you about Tesla’s plans to build a network of “Superchargers”: fast-charging... September 25, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 37
2012 Tesla Model S To Get One-Hour Recharging Next Year?
With at least a dozen 2012 Tesla Model S all-electric sport sedans now in the hands of buyers--and, Tesla says, 5,000 more to follow by the end of the year--attention is... July 10, 2012 by John Voelcker 23
Renault ZOE Shatters Distance Record For An Electric Car
If we've said it once, we've said it a thousand times: range-anxiety is one of the biggest hurdles facing electric car manufacturers. If consumers don't believe that an... June 14, 2012 by Richard Read 20
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