Pretty young women in tight black dresses, 5-inch heels, and sunglasses are too rarely associated with the less glamorous topic of DC fast-charging stations for electric cars. And that's a shame. To rectify this tragic oversight, Andromeda Power has put out a promotional video for its Orca Mobile...
Rapid electric car charging stations for cars like the 2012 Nissan Leaf and 2012 Mitsubishi i may soon become a lot more common in the U.S. thanks to a new rapid charging... November 11, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 5
The 2012 Tesla Model S all-electric sedan isn’t due to roll off the production lines for another 8 months, but Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants the world to know that the... November 7, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 18
Lately, we’ve seen a lot of new charging networks spring up around the world devoted to getting electric car owners the power they need to keep their cars charged up... October 19, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 9
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... October 4, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 14
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... September 27, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 6
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... August 29, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 16
Which electric car charging station is the best? And just how are public charging stations getting used? These are just two of the questions Portland State University and... August 12, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 6
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... July 20, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 1
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... July 19, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 7
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... May 24, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 17
So you bought a 2011 Nissan Leaf, and paid for the optional $700 quick-charge connector. Now you're able to get an 80-percent battery recharge in just 30 minutes, albeit from... May 13, 2011 by George Parrott 38
We all know electric cars like the 2011 Nissan Leaf were designed to satisfy the daily driving needs of 90% of the population. For most cars, that translates to a life in or... April 21, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 5
If you’re an electric car owner living within the many hundreds of publicly available electric vehicle charging stations installed by Coulomb Technologies then you may... April 20, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 2
When the RAV4 EV reaches its Phase One stage next year, and a limited-production vehicle goes on sale, it will have one key difference versus the Phase Zero prototype we... April 8, 2011 by Bengt Halvorson 5
An advance in battery technology could help push past one of the persistent criticisms of electric vehicles: the extended time needed to charge the battery. Researchers at... April 6, 2011 by IEEE Spectrum 5
