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Electric cars have the great advantage that their batteries can be recharged anywhere there's electricity. It may not be particularly fast, though modern plug-in vehicles get at least 60 miles overnight, and often double or triple that. But a century ago, drivers of gasoline cars had just as much range anxiety as electric-car drivers—especially if they wanted to take long road trips. DON'T MISS: Ford Model T: what was its fuel economy, really? Today's global network of gasoline and diesel filling stations has developed over 100 years, but it didn't exist at the turn of the 20th century...
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Gas stations aren't a model for electric-car charging: ChargePoint CEO
For more than a century, motorists have been accustomed to gas stations, which provide places to stop and fill up a car with fuel, in recent years with larger and larger convenience stores attached. The model is so commonplace, it may mean drivers don't know electric-car charging stations even...
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BP follows other gas-station brands, adds electric-car charging
Major oil companies are beginning to take the threat of electric cars seriously, and the latest evidence comes from British Petroleum. BP has begun discussions with electric-vehicle makers to partner on a network of charging stations. The move comes as many European countries announce plans to ban...
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Shell fuel stations in U.K., Netherlands to add electric-car charging
Electric cars are often touted as a way to avoid gas stations. But electric-car drivers in certain European countries will soon be going to them to charge. That's because a pair of European oil companies plan to add electric-car charging at certain fuel stations. CHECK OUT: Electric-Car Charging...
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Quick Chek convenience store tests Tesla Superchargers in NY's Hudson Valley
Not so long ago, gas stations and convenience stores seemed to be mutually exclusive businesses—you went to one, or you went to the other. Today, many convenience chains only open new locations that also sell gasoline. Many drivers don't know that gas stations work on the smallest of profit...
Tom Moloughney -
Nissan partners with oil company for electric-car fast charging sites in Charlotte
It's one of the questions for future electric-car charging infrastructure: what about putting them at gas stations? On the one hand, drivers are used to going to gas stations, which are often conveniently located on both local and long-distance routes. On the other hand, gas-station stops generally...
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A pipeline rupture in Alabama is causing gasoline shortages.
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Startup That Refills Your Car At Work Or Home Hits Silicon Valley
A startup allows consumers to order gasoline with a smartphone app.
Stephen Edelstein -
Gas, Electricity, Hydrogen: How Many Cars Can 'Fuel' And What Will It Cost?
Gas stations are ubiquitous across the world, many with diesel pumps as well, to fuel the more than 1 billion vehicles now roaming the surface of our planet. As regulators get increasingly serious about reducing carbon emissions from transportation, we'll see competing sites for refueling or...
John Voelcker -
A Gas Pump Is The 'Germiest Thing' You Touch: Did You Know?
A Kimberly-Clark study says gas-pump handles have the highest average concentration of germs.
Stephen Edelstein -
Electric-Car Fast Chargers And Gas Stations: A Match Made In Indiana
An Indiana gas-station chain is now operating electric-car charging stations.
Stephen Edelstein -
Gas Stations: Hazardous To Your Health In Many Ways
Gas stations sell many unhealthy products.
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Electric-car charging stations are still remarkably rare at gas stations, though a handful exist in the Pacific Northwest. But earlier this year, the Petro-Canada station in Crossfield, Alberta, installed a charging station. It's free to use, too. Perhaps not too remarkable, except that this is the heart of Canada's tar-sands oil region. The charger itself is a Sun Country 100-amp model that delivers up to 19.2 kilowatts of power, if the plug-in vehicle can accept Level 2 charging at those speeds. All about Crossfield Crossfield is about 30 miles (50 km) north of Calgary, Canada's fossil-fuel...
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What Happens To A Nissan Leaf Electric Car At A Gas Station?
The Nissan Leaf is launching in South Africa, and perplexing gas station attendants.
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Passing Gas: More Electric Cars Than Gasoline Stations Now
Electric cars achieved another milestone recently: Plug-in vehicles on American roads now outnumber the gas stations they whiz past on the roadside. We estimate the watershed (oil-shed?) event took place in early July--though there are some asterisks, as we'll discuss below. As early as next year...
Matthew Klippenstein -
When Will Electric-Car Charging Stations Exceed Gas Stations?
The topic of public charging stations for electric cars isn't necessarily well understood. The release of Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment, a report by Pike Research on deployment of charging infrastructure, led us to wonder: When will the number of public charging stations for electric cars in...
John Voelcker -
5 Places You Wouldn’t Expect To Find An Electric Car Charging Station
As all-electric and plug-in hybrid cars become more popular, we’ve noticed an increase in the number of public charging stations being installed in grocery store lots, shopping malls and corporate parking garages. Locations like these are undoubtedly the most common places you’ll find a...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield -
Gas Pumps Go Naked As Vapor-Recovery Requirement Ends
Unless you drive a car powered by electricity or some form of home-brew biofuel, the chances are you visit a gas-station with some form of regularity. In fact, it’s probably become so mundane that you don’t even pay attention to that little metal hose any more. But on Thursday, the...
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Over the past few months, gas prices have been creeping ever upward, fueled by political uncertainty in the Middle East and a reduction in U.S. oil refining capabilities. In California, a state traditionally plagued by high gas prices, a gallon of Regular now costs well over $4.50 at most gas stations. But according to USA Today’s Chris Woodyard, residents of Bethel, Alaska, are now regularly paying as much as $6.34 a gallon. The reason behind the inflated prices? As far as we can tell, it looks in part to be influenced by a drop in supply after a much-needed shipment of fuel failed to...
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DoE Secretary Chu: Gas Prices Hurt, But Oil Dependency Worse
Unless you don’t drive a gasoline-powered car, the chances are you’ve noticed the spike in gasoline prices lately. But according to the U.S. Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu, the U.S. Department of Energy isn’t about to intervene with a knee-jerk reaction designed to immediately...
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Warning: Pumping Gas Can Be Seriously Bad For Your Health
We all know that exhaust fumes do bad things to us and our planet, and that gasoline fumes contain carcinogens, but the biggest risk to your health might come from the gas pump itself, not the gasoline. That’s the verdict of a recent study by Kimberly-Clark Professional, which found that the...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield