Saturday, April 13, 2013

8 New Chargers Added 24 hours to Friday - April 12th, 2013


Over the last 24 hours - there have been 5 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, 1 Restricted Station, 19 New Photos, and 2 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

  • New Public Chargers Added = 5 Locations, 5 Chargers
  • New Restricted Stations added = 1
  • New Photos Added = 19
  • New Home Stations Shared = 2

75  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. Not Quite Double as many as Yesterday!

The last item counted today - was 'New Check in at Chocolate World, Hershey, PA

Special thanks to Matt, Wall Plug (Fountain Falley, CA), and Darren, Wall Plug (Pine Island Ridge, Miami, FL), for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:
  1. 7-11 Woodside Queens, NY - EV Plug
  2. Cerritos Toyota, Cerritos, CA - EV Plug
  3. Pelco Schneider Electric, Fresno, CA - EV Plug
  4. Chiriaco Summit Gas Station, CA - Tesla Model S HPWC, $ General Patton Museum on site.
    (Copy of Restricted Listing, & Duplicate)
  5. Air Pollution Control District, San Louis Obispo, CA - EV Plug
New Restricted Stations today, by Name & Location (where possible):
  1. Chiriaco Summit Gas Station, CA - Tesla Model S HPWC, $

I am working on making the Plug Descriptor - into a link to the Plugshare page with the charger centered. I don't have it perfected yet, so this is still in the trial phase! Give it a shot and leave a comment if it works (or if it doesn't)!

As an Aside (Added here on June 9th, 2013) - check out this article on Gas2.org:


Interesting that EV Chargers are being installed at the rate they are - while Hydrogen Filling Installations are not so many or so fast!

24 New Chargers Added 24 hours to Thursday - April 11th, 2013 + New Discovery!


Over the last 24 hours - there have been 22 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, No Restricted Stations, 63 New Photos, and 2 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

  • New Public Chargers Added = 15 Locations, 22 Chargers
  • New Restricted Stations added = 0
  • New Photos Added = 63
  • New Home Stations Shared = 2

109  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. Not Quite Double as many as Yesterday!

The last item counted today - was 'Dan Checked in at CCSE, San Diego, CA

Special thanks to Trac, EV Plug (Ottawa, ON), and Chetan, Wall Plug (Kent, WA), for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:
  1. Enerpro Systems Corp and Gulf Pacific Group, North Vancouver, B.C - EV Plug
  2. Outside lot, Destiny USA, Syracuse, NY - EV Plug x3, $
  3. Ikea Parking lot, Pratteln, Switzerland - 240V Wall Plug
  4. Hilton hotel, Basel, Switzerland - Wall Plug, EV Plug 
  5. Johnson Controls Inc., Holland, MI - EV Plug
  6. GE Aviation/GE Energy, Cascade, MI - Wall Plug x2 
  7. Capilano University, Lot 7, North Vancouver, BC - EV Plug x2
  8. McDonalds, Putnam, CT - Wall Plug 
  9. Stationnement de l'arĂ©na Veaudreuil-Dorion, Vaudreuil, QC - Wall Plug 
  10. Cheesecake Factory Parking Garage, Austin, TX - EV Plug
  11. University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC - EV Plug x2 (2 locations)  - Duplicate Listing 
  12. Old State House, Hartford, CT - EV Plug
  13. Love Chevrolet, Columbia, SC - EV Plug 
  14. Renton Community Center - Rear, Renton, WA - EV Plug 
  15. Renton Community Center - Left, Renton, WA - EV plug 
Great Discovery - Almost Fully Figured out: Today I learned I could link to a webpage on PlugShare with the target Station centered! (Have not got the way to have the details popup opened at the same time - but maybe in due time!) So - this posting has links via Plugshare to the pages with the site of the plug - plus - I put in link for the base business site too!




36 New Chargers Added 24 hours to Wednesday - April 10th, 2013


Over the last 24 hours - there have been 28 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, 4 Restricted Stations, 43 New Photos, and 4 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

  • New Public Chargers Added = 20 Locations, 28 Chargers
  • New Restricted Stations added = 1 Location, 4 Chargers  (Maybe 0?)
  • New Photos Added = 43
  • New Home Stations Shared = 4

60  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. A bit quieter than some - but not bad!

The last item counted today - was 'New Check in at Westwood Tennis Center, Santa Monica, CA

Special thanks to Ed, NEMA 14 (Oak Ridge, NJ)
Paul, Wall Plug - Outside (Glen Allen, VA)
Sean, NEMA 14 (Bloomington, IN), and 
John McEwan, NEMA 14, Wall Plug, + Tesla Roadster HPC (Alexandria, VA)
, for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:
  1. Acton Ford, Acton, MA - EV Plug x2
  2. Monte Vista Small Animal Hospital, Turlock, CA - EV Plug
  3. Community Services Building, Vernon, BC - EV Plug
  4. Spinnaker Brewpub & Guest Houses, Victoria, BC - EV Plug
  5. Crocker Park Union Street parking garage, westlake, OH - Wall Plug
  6. Breckinridge Peak 9 Paid parking, Breckonridge, CO - Wall Plug
  7. Parking Lot in Breckenridge, CO - Wall Plug
  8. Evergreen School parking lot, Calgary, AB - Wall Plug x3
  9. Les Galeries Nissan, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC - EV Plug
  10. Dollarama, Drummondville, QC - NEMA 14
  11. Garage Montplaisir (GM), Drummondville, QC - Wall Plug, EV Plug
  12. Paquet Nissan, Levis, QC - EV Plug
  13. Harvard Market, Seattle, WA - EV Plug, CHAdeMO (Probable Duplicate Listing)
  14. Rocky Point Park East Parking Lot, Port Moody, BC - EV Plug
  15. GE WattStation Calzada, Monterrey, Mexico - EV Plug x2
  16. Copper Cellar - Cumberland, Knoxville, TN - EV Plug x2, $
  17. Copper Cellar - Industrial Parkway, Knoxville, TN - EV Plug x2, $
  18. Sherwood Market Center in front of Massage Envy, Tualitin, OR - EV Plug, $ (Duplicate Listing)
  19. Saanich Municipal Hall, Victoria, BC - EV Plug x2
  20. 1st Avenue, Ladysmith, B.C. - EV Plug x2 (Duplicate Listing)
New Restricted Stations today, by Name & Location (where possible):
  1. Gamestop, Grapevine, TX - EV Plug x4 (Why is this restricted?)

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

39 New Chargers Added 24 hours to Tuesday - April 9th, 2013 + BC Charger News Bits!


Plugshare lists a total of 16,608 Stations
They use dynamic tracking to add new - and remove redundant, or test stations, but for those that are dropped, or removed, it is done manually, so simply adding in the new additions - does not equal the total numbers, and sometimes - new additions are listed - but need to have their duplicate entries purged. My count is 16,548 Stations. I may have not listed all duplicate stations and they may not have purged them yet. I may have counted 1 as a count for one listing - but it might represent multiple chargers, hence some of the differences.


Over the last 24 hours - there have been 37 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, 34 New Photos, and 3 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

  • New Public Chargers Added = 27 Locations, 37 Chargers
  • New Restricted Stations added = 0 (Maybe 1, Miss listed as Public)
  • New Photos Added = 34
  • New Home Stations Shared = 3

92  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. 

The last item counted today - was 'New Photo of Ocean Park Library, Surrey BC

Special thanks to 
Michael, Wall Plug (Concord, NH), Dave, Tesla Model S HPWC (Naperville, IL), and 
Matt, Wall Plug + EV Plug (Fargo, ND), for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:
  1. TESLA STORE/CENTURY CITY SHOPPING CENTER, Los Angeles, CA - Tesla Roadster (HPC) + Model S (HPWC)
  2. Guildford Town Centre, Surrey, B.C. - EV Plug
  3. Zynga, Mountain View, CA - EV Plug (Also Listed as Restricted)
  4. GE WattStation, Ft Worth, TX - EV Plug x2
  5. Lake Washington Institute of Technology, Kirkland, WA - EV Plug x2
  6. Office, Tempe, AZ - EV Plug, $
  7. Office, Tempe, AZ - EV Plug, $ (Could be an Exact Duplicate, or a second Charger)
  8. R. Tessier et Fils Inc., Saint-Narcisse, QC - EV Plug
  9. Kirkwood College Auto Repair Visitor Lot, Cedar Rapids, IA - EV Plug
  10. Salmon Arm Gas Bar, Salmon Arm, BC - EV Plug
  11. The Marriott Hotel, Toronto, ON - Wall Plug
  12. Advance Data Technologies, Naperville, IL - EV Plug
  13. Colwood City Hall, BC - EV Plug  (Duplicate Station Listing)
  14. Colwood City Hall, Victoria, BC - EV Plug x2 (Another Duplicate Station Listing)
  15. Colwood Park & Ride, BC - EV Plug x2 (Looks Like yet Another Duplicate Station)
  16. Colwood park & Ride, Victoria, BC - EV Plug
  17. Juan De Fuca Library, BC - EV Plug - EV Plug (Looks Like Another Duplicate Station)
  18. Juan De Fuca Library, Victoria, BC (And yet Another Duplicate Station)
  19. Vancity, Port Coquitlam, BC (Duplicate!) - EV Plug
  20. Dolby employees and guests only, Sunnyvale, CA - EV Plug x4 (In Fact a Duplicate, wrong Class)
  21. Calhoun's on the River, Knoxville, TN - EV Plug x2, $
  22. Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC - EV Plug x2
  23. Invermere B.C. Municipal Office - EV Plug
  24. District of Invermere Municipal Office, Invermere, BC  EV Plug (might be a duplicate)
  25. Coombs Junction, Coombs, BC - EV Plug x2
  26. University Village Shopping Centre, Nanaimo, BC - EV Plug
  27. The Mews at Royal Roads University, Colwood, BC - EV Plug

BC Charger News Bits:

Paul Bernard bought one of the first Leafs, Nissan’s purely electric car, in British Columbia. He loves his Leaf. He even started a blog about life with an electric car.

The vehicle, which can go more than 100 kilometres on a full charge, gets the Chilliwack high school teacher to work at Sardis Secondary, and allows his wife and him to shop in the Fraser Valley area. The car loses no power when four people pile in to go to dinner, says Bernard.

“This car has been great for us. We use it every day.” The only catch has been that...(More)


January 30, 2013 - British Columbia has announced a $1.3-million investment in direct current (DC) fast-charging infrastructure in 13 communities throughout the province to help electric vehicle (EV) owners plug in and get charged. Environment minister Terry Lake made this announcement in unveiling the future location of Vancouver’s first DC fast-charging station at Telus World of Science.

“It’s extremely encouraging to see such widespread interest among communities across the province in hosting and operating electric vehicle charging stations, including DC fast chargers,” said Lake. “Providing electric vehicle owners with more options to charge their vehicles will make electric vehicles...(More)

"More efficient charging stations make driving vehicles that use clean B.C. electricity a much easier choice," said Rich Coleman, Minister of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas. "B.C. families in communities throughout the province can now charge their electric vehicles more quickly and reduce their transportation energy costs."

The installation of these stations will also mark a significant milestone for B.C.'s Clean Energy Vehicle Program - completing the B.C. portion of the West Coast Green Highway, a commitment made by Premier Christy Clark under the Pacific Coast Collaborative (Washington State, Oregon, California and B.C.) to ensure electric vehicle fast charging is deployed along the Highway 99/I-5 Corridor. Electric vehicle owners will eventually be able to drive from San Diego, California all the way to Whistler knowing they can ...(More)


Monday, April 8, 2013

43 New Chargers Added 24 hours to Monday - April 8th, 2013 - Update! Phoenix Gets New Chargers Added!


Plugshare lists a total of 16,569 Stations
They use dynamic tracking to add new - and remove redundant, or test stations, but for those that are dropped, or removed, it is done manually, so simply adding in the new additions - does not equal the total numbers, and sometimes - new additions are listed - but need to have their duplicate entries purged. My count is 16,509 Stations. I have not listed all duplicate stations and they may not have purged them yet. I may have counted 1 as a count for one listing - but it might represent multiple chargers, hence some of the differences.


Over the last 24 hours - there have been 37 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, Plus 3 Restricted Stations, 53 New Photos, and 3 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

  • New Public Chargers Added = 24 Locations, 37 Chargers
  • New Restricted Stations added = 3
  • New Photos Added = 53
  • New Home Stations Shared = 3

93  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today - it looks Like it was a great Day to Get out and about in their EV's, Thanks to public Charging Stations - as listed on PlugShare!

The last item counted today - was 'New check in at Municipal Public Parking - Raleigh, NC

Special thanks to 
Brent, Wall Plug (Yucca Valley, CA)

Alex,

EV Plug + Wall Plug (Palm Springs North, Miami, FL)
, and Joshua, NEMA 14, Wall Plug (Loma Portal, San Diego, CA), for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:
  1. Kocourek Wausau Imports Dealership, Wausau, WI - EV Plug, Hrs.
  2. Fry's Sunnydale, CA - ? Tesla Model S (Not Confirmed)
  3. UFV Trades and Technolgy Centre, Chilliwack, BC - EV Plug x2, $
  4. Kwik Trip, Byron, MN - Wall Plug
  5. Kwik Trip, Hutchinson, MN - Wall Plug
  6. Fair Oaks Community Library, Fair Oaks, CA - EV Plug x2
  7. Country Chevrolet, Annandale, MN - EV Plug
  8. TCBY, Baker, CA - Wall Plug x4
  9. Zeiterion Theater Garage, New Bedford, MA - EV Plug
  10. Pilot Travel Center, Weed, CA - NEMA 14's, Wall Plug's
  11. Integra Land Company, Ooltewah, TN - EV Plug x2, $
  12. 2800 San Jacinto, Houston, TX - EV Plug x2, $
  13. Loma Verde Recreation Center, Chula Vista, CA - EV Plug x5, $
  14. Icon Garage, Boston, MA - EV Plug, $
  15. Fashion Outlet, Las Vegas - EV Plug
  16. City Hall, Walnut Creek, CA - EV Plug
  17. Maple Ridge Business Centre, Maple Ridge, BC - EV Plug x3, $
  18. Lithia Nissan of Ames, IA - EV Plug
  19. Capitol Chevrolet, Salem, OR - EV Plug
  20. Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, VA - Wall Plugs
  21. Three Rivers Hideaway RV Park, Three Rivers, CA - NEMA 14, $
  22. IBEW, Portland, OR - Quick Charge (CHAdeMO)
  23. Love Mitsubishi, Cayce, SC - EV Plug
  24. The Edge Apartment Homes, Henderson, NV - EV Plug, $
New Restricted Stations today, by Name & Location (where possible):
  1. Ramsey County - Environmental Health Services Building, Maplewood, MN - EV Plug
  2. Currie Maintenance Facility, Minneapolis, MN - EV Plug
  3. Saint Paul Parks Facility, St. Paul, MN - EV Plug
While Both Usage of Public Charger and Photos Added today were about half of Yesterday's Numbers, it was a working day and also - the number of chargers being listed on the network was up about 30% over yesterday.

The total Count is rapidly approaching 16, 600 Total Charger Tracked!

Electric vehicle chargers coming to 28 Phoenix-area Fry's stores.
Ecotality Inc. and The Kroger Co., which owns the Valley’s Fry’s grocery stores, announced today an expanded partnership to bring electric car charging stations to 28 stores in the Phoenix area.

Ecotality (Nasdaq:ECTY), a leader in clean, electric transportation technologies, which has its operations center in Phoenix, is bringing more than 200 level-2, quick-charge charging stations, and 25 DC Fast Chargers, to stores in...(More)

Sunday, April 7, 2013

32 New Chargers Added 24 hours to Sunday - April 7th, 2013, Now 16,537 Stations Tracked!


Plugshare lists a total of 16,537 Stations
They use dynamic tracking to add new - and remove redundant, or test stations, but for those that are dropped, or removed, it is done manually, so simply adding in the new additions - does not equal the total numbers, and sometimes - new additions are listed - but need to have their duplicate entries purged. My count is 16,466 Stations. I have not listed all duplicate stations and they may not have purged them yet. I may have counted 1 as a count for one listing - but it might represent multiple chargers, hence some of the differences.


Over the last 24 hours - there have been 32 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, Plus 3 Restricted Stations, 101 New Photos, and 6 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

  • New Public Chargers Added = 15 Locations, 23 Chargers 
  • New Restricted Stations added = 3
  • New Photos Added = 101
  • New Home Stations Shared = 6

179  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. Between that and the 101 new Photos - it looks Like it was a great Day to Get out and about in their EV's, Thanks to public Charging Stations - as listed on PlugShare!

The last item counted today - was 'tgm4 Checked in at Mona Electric, Clinton, Maryland

Special thanks to Mike, NEMA 14, Tesla Model S HPWC (Nepean, ON), Michel, Wall Plug (W. of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, QC), George, Wall Plug, EV Plug (Royal Oak, MI), Patrick, Wall Plug (Media, PA), Leonard, EV Plug (Pierz, MN), and Dan, EV Plug (Hillsborough Township, NJ), for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:
  1. Mayfair Shopping Mall, Victoria, BC - EV Plug
  2. Century Theaters Parking, Napa, CA - EV Plug x3
  3. Harris Ranch Supercharger - Tesla Supercharger (Duplicate Listing!)
  4. Direct Energy Centre, Toronto, ON - EV Plug
  5. Roberts Creek Library, Roberts Creek, BC - EV Plug
  6. Solar City Visitors Parking, Los Angeles, CA - EV Plug
  7. Westport Train Station - Charles St, Westport, CT - EV Plug
  8. Westport Train Station, Wesport, CT - EV Plug (Level 1) x4
  9. Union City Nissan, Union city, GA - EV Plug
  10. Chesapeke's Seafood Restaurants, Knoxville, TN - EV Plug
  11. South London Infinity Nissan, London, ON - EV Plug
  12. Sheehy Nissan, Springfield, VA - EV Plug
  13. Willow Street Station, Long Beach, CA - EV Plug x4, $
  14. Via Verde Park & Ride, San Dimas, CA - EV Plug
  15. Courtesy Nissan Dealership, Stevens Point, WI  - EV Plug (Hours Listed)
New Restricted Stations today, by Name & Location (where possible):
  1. Mark, Orangeville, ON - NEMA 14 (Should be a Private Listing?!)
  2. Apace Family Campground, Myrtle Beach, CS - NEMA 14, $ (Check in at Front Desk)
  3. Honda of Stevens Creek, Santa Clara, CA - EV Plug (Brand Restriction?)
Not the Most Chargers added to the Network today since the beginning of this blog - but the most use of the network with 179 Check-in's and enhancement with 101 Photos Added!

15 New Chargers Added 24 hours to Saturday, April 6th, 2013, Now 16,515 Stations Tracked!


Plugshare lists a total of 16,515 Stations
They use dynamic tracking to add new - and remove redundant, or test stations, but for those that are dropped, or removed, it is done manually, so simply adding in the new additions - does not equal the total numbers, and sometimes - new additions are listed - but need to have their duplicate entries purged. My count is 16,434 Stations. I have not listed all duplicate stations and they may not have purged them yet. I may have counted 1 as a count for one listing - but it might represent multiple chargers, hence some of the differences.


Over the last 24 hours - there have been 13 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, plus 38 New Photos, and 2 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

  • New Public Chargers Added = 8 Locations, 13 Chargers
  • New Restricted Stations added = 0
  • New Photos Added = 38
  • New Home Stations Shared = 2

71  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. 

The last item counted today - was 'New Photo of Warnock Lake, Atchison, KS

Special thanks to Pierre, Daryl, Tesla Model S HPWC (Emerald Hills, CA), and Randy, EV Plug (Chelan, WA), for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:
  1. Juan de Fuca Library, Colwood, BC - EV Plug x2
  2. DUPLICATE Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion (BACI) Parking Lot - EV Plug x2
  3. 1520 Irving Street SW, Tumwater, WA - EV Plug
  4. Bayer Material Science Parking Lot, Baytown, TX - EV Plug x2
  5. Plaza Del Sol, San Diego, CA - EV Plug x2, $
  6. Giant Eagle Market District, McKees Rocks, PA - EV Plug x2
  7. Lakeshore RV Park, Chelan, WA - NEMA 14
  8. Warnock Lake, Atchison, KS - 240V Wall Plug
No Restricted Stations were added today.

A New Highlight Color was introduced.  Fuschia - was chosen to highlight - odd Chargers that are not so commonly used, so as to bring your attention to their difference. 

I Have already mentioned the use of Orange as the Highlight Color for Stations that Charge a Fee - along with the $ sign, and Lime Green for Highlighting CHAdeMO Listings in my Blog Descriptions.

News Bits:


If you’re thinking that you’d love to have a Tesla Model S, but it’s just too expensive, we have some good news. Elon Musk, one of the cofounders of Tesla Motors and the CEO of the company, said over Twitter that a smaller car is on the way in about three to four years that will cost in the neighborhood of $30,000 at today’s prices.

Musk said that the small sedan would be about the size of an Audi A4 or BMW 3 Series, have fewer standard features than the Model S, and would start at about $30,000 in 2013 dollars, not including inflation. He said that it will have a range greater than...(MORE)

It may surprise EV newbies to learn that an electric car’s charger is found on board the vehicle. It’s the equipment buried in the guts of the car that takes an AC source of juice from your house, and converts it to DC—so your car’s battery pack can be charged.

That's a fact. But it doesn’t stop nearly everybody from calling the wall-mounted box that supplies 240 volts of electricity a “charger.” Actually, that box, cord and plug has a technical name—Electric Vehicle Service Equipment or EVSE—and if you have an EV, you’re going to want to install one at home.

So, it’s slightly misleading to say we’re providing guidance about chargers, because we’re really talking about buying an EVSE—which is essentially no more than an electrical device allowing drivers to safely connect an electric car to a...(MORE)

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