New Chargers Added - Mar. 1st - Mar. 2nd., 2013 - Including Name, City, State.

Today, 102 People Checked into Public EV Chargers today, which means most people are still charging up at home, and just 102 needed a little extra or did not have a home charger! (Or they were checking out charging stations before they needed them - to get a feel for the locations!) 

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

Plugshare is now tracking 15,495 Stations!

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added =  20 
• New Restricted Stations added = 2
• New Photos Added = 26
• New Home Stations Shared = 8

Special thanks to Ray, Christopher, Brian, Chris, Gary, Randy, Charles, & John  for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

1. New Public Stations today, by Name & Location (where possible):
2. Madison Safeway Underground Parking. Seattle, WA 
3. Transitowne Mitsubishi, Williamsville, NY
4. Newark International Airport, Parking Lot 4
5. City of Sparta, WI
6. FleetFreedom, Etobicoke, ON
7. Fry's Electronics, 
8. Robert's Motors, Alton, IL
9. Santa Clara (CA) City Library, (Coming Soon)
10. Hotel Le Reine Elizabeth, Montreal, QC
11. American Lung Association, Phoenix, AZ
12. Valet Parking, Snoqualmie, WA
13. The Muller Company, Los Angeles, CA
14. Home Depot, Los Angeles, CA
15. Occidental College, Los Angeles
16. Morse Court Parking Lot, New Canaan, CT
17. Alderwood Mall Parking Garage, Lynnwood, WA
18. Boyer Chevrolet, Lindsay
19. Manoir Nissan, Repentigny, QC
20. Bison Financial Parking Lot, Lafayette, IN
21. Steelhead Park, Houston, BC

From this detailed look - you can see that 18 new chargers were installed, discovered, or listed today in the United States - on the PlugShare service, and 2 were added in Canada - 1 in Ontario and 1 in British Columbia!

For Some Reason, Lobos Lodge, Carmel, CA and Capilano RV Park decided to list as Restricted!

Of Course - you can get all this information from the PlugShare App - I get mine from my Samsung Galaxy Note on Android, but you can use an iPhone App also!

New Chargers Added - Feb 28th - Mar 1st, 2013 and my ideas of what people will create!

Plugshare is now tracking 15,449 Stations!

Not so long ago - they were recognized for tracking 11,000 Stations, as recognized in Silicon Valley Business Journal! They also shared they have over 100,000 users! Maybe wee need a list of the 10 Best EV Prepared Canadian Cities!

Again, 56  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today, which means most people are still charging up at home, and just 56 needed a little extra or did not have a home charger, or they came out to a 'Soft Launch' of a new EV Charger Station Location!!

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

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added =  7
• New Photos Added = 22
• New Home Stations Shared = 4

Special thanks to Gary, Sam Milroy, Christy, & Nina for sharing their Home Stations access with us today!

Some Recent PlugShare News: Ford And PlugShare Team Up To Help Ford C-MAX Energi And Fusion Energi Drivers Find Plugs With MyFord Mobile.

New Chargers are being added daily - and almost every day - the number is either steady or growing!

The number of Check-ins as reported show a small but consistent base of users using the public infrastructure and charging stations, and I would expect this number to grow more as the weather warms up!

One thing I see the opportunity for out there - is a unique solutions oriented business - one that can combine 2 single 120V Charging feeds at 15-20 Amps and pair them into a single 240V Service cable - to deliver 15 - 20 Amps to the vehicle with otherwise lacking 240 Service!

Similarly - I expect to see creative people coming up with solutions to interface the Model S to the CHAdeMO network - which, while not 90 kW like the Tesla Super Chargers, will be 25 kW to 50 kW units, and their proliferation - particularly at coming Nissan Dealerships, and Highway Service Centres, will widen the flexibility of even the best range Tesla Model S!

I even see entrepreneurs coming up with add-on Range Extending Battery Packs for Electric Vehicles - as has been done in the past to make the basic Toyota Prius, into a Plug-in Prius! (The ideas should not be all that different!) There already are Battery Trailers coming into development in Germany.

New Chargers Added - Feb. 27th - 28th, 2013 Plus More News!

Again, 59  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today, which means most people are still charging up at home, and just 59 needed a little extra or did not have a home charger!

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

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added =  8
• New Photos Added = 10
• New Home Stations Shared = 2

Special thanks to Mike & Chuck  for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

In other plug-in EV News, California approves Amp electric truck sales, and a miss-titled story - Trans-Canada Electric Expands EV Charging Station Network (should say - Sun Country Highway Expands Trans Canada EV Charging Network).

For Some interesting Reading and a chance to test your mat skills - see:

Tesla Test-Drive Controversy Misses the Big Picture, on Forbes.com

Challenges mentioned in this story - take us into the next skirmish: J1772 Combo Plug vs. CHAdeMo, which leads us to this story - 
ABB unveils fast charging stations supporting SAE DC Fast Charging, Combined Charging System.

Further Dual Format Charger Stories:

ABB to bring Terra 51 electric car fast charging station to US market and support SAE Fast Charging

and - 

Schneider Electric unveils electric car DC Fast Charger with upgradeability beyond CHADEMO.

If you are looking to test drive Electric Vehicle Beyond a Dealers spec loop - consider car sharing companies - Like - Zipcar for the new Honda Fit EV:

Zipcar plugs Honda Fit EVs into Portland fleet.

In Ontario - particularly the Toronto/GTA - consider AutoShare for their existing fleet of 4 Plug-in Vehicles: Battery Electric Vehicles include the Nissan Leaf,and the  Mitsubishi i-MiEV; Range Extended Electric Vehicle - Chevy Volt, and the Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid.

New Chargers Added - Feb. 26th - 27th, 2013

Over the last 24 hours - there have been new Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, (Plus a  new Restricted Station), New Photos, and New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added =  13
• New Restricted Stations added = 1
• New Photos Added = 17
• New Home Stations Shared = 2

Special thanks to Marc & Philip for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

59 People Checked into Public EV Chargers today, which means most people are still charging up at home, and just 59 needed a little extra or did not have a home charger!

New Chargers Added - Feb.25th - 26th, 2013 - Updates on PlugShare, CHAdeMO, and ChargePoint!

Quite a bit to share today! Plugshare is now tracking 15,427 Stations!

Over the last 24 hours - there have been new Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, (Plus a couple new Restricted Stations), New Photos, and New home stations being shared. 

The totals tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added =  11
• New Restricted Stations added = 2
• New Photos Added = 11 
• New Home Stations Shared = 4

Thank you to those who checked-in to public stations today - extending your fuel free driving miles, and thanks to the providers of those stations! As reported on the Android Plugshare APP - 39 People Checked into Public EV Chargers today!

Special Thanks to Wayne, Eugene, Jay, and Dan - for sharing your personal home stations access with us all!

Brands of Equipment Mentioned today:

AeroVironment Level 2, AeroVironment DC Fast Charger, ChargePoint Network, Blink DC Fast Charger, Eaton Level 2, CHAdeMO, Blink Level 2 Pedestal Charger, SemaCharge ChargePro, GE WattStation, and Circuit Electrique. 

As a quick update - the DC Fast Charger, CHAdeMO Standard now has released this information today:

The number of CHAdeMO DC Quick charger installed up to today is 2959.

-- (Japan 1381, Europe 754, USA 592, Others 8) last update 2013.02.26

Also of interest - our only [Currently] Canadian Level 3, or DC Fast Charger, Locally - is an Eaton Fast Charger at Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada's head office: 2090 Matheson Blvd., East, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada! All the Plugs Busy? Scoot over to Nissan Canada Inc's Office at 5290 Orbitor Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, for a charge on one of their Level 2 Chargers!

Keep up with CHAdeMO News Here! It will be interesting to see how this progresses going forward!

On a Lower Power Level, Chargepoint Network lists 10,990 Networked Charging Spots on it's Network, used by 32,705 EV Drivers, for 1,755,400 EV Charging Sessions! [Twitter Update - Now Over 11,00 Charging Stations!]

Living in the USA? - See Charge Point America for some Information on their new program for the USA.

One of the First Toronto Local Public EV Charging Stations was set up at Sheraton, Queen Street.

If you drive an Electric Vehicle - Drop by one of the public EV Chargers in your travels and check them out - take a quick charge just for the fun of it (and to make sure you like the charging at that location - before you some day   need it!)

New Chargers Added - Feb 24th - 25th, 2013 & January, 2013, Toronto GTA

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

The totals tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added =  4; 
• New Photos Added = 32 
• New Home Stations Shared = 5 

This is from scanning and counting the activity on my Android App and bringing it to you here!

Local to the Toronto / GTA 'Nearby' - for the Month of January, 2013:

• New Public Stations = 32
• New Restricted Stations added = 4
• New Photos Added =  19
• New Home Stations Shared = 1

There are more chargers being added in February, also.

There is a continuing growth of input into Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, as can be seen from these specs. We are still in the very beginning stage of building out infrastructure, but the continuing growth is moving the opportunities forward for many areas for people to drive Electric Vehicles and get Charged Up - while not being at home!

Most Auto OEM's are still only showing one Electric Vehicle, or Plug-in Hybrid each, in their respective Fleets or Product Designs, but some are bringing out their second Electric Vehicle in 2013, and more are coming in 2014! The Range of Plug-In Hybrids, has gone from just one (1) - the Chevy Volt, to already announced for 2012-2013 - Volkswagen, Ford (X2), Toyota, and more are expected!

PlugShare has the Most EV Charging Sites

There are currently on Monday, February 25, 2013, at 3:32 PM Toronto Time, 15,397 Total Stations tacked by www.plugshare.com where you can plug in your Electric Vehicle, or Plug-in Hybrid, to get charged up!

This Blog will be my synopsis of regular activity and updates on the plug share website for Electric Vehicle Charging Station. I will regularly list the current total number of stations, number of stations added, and if possible - the number of check-in's or uses of public stations.The Goal will be to make an update post at approximately daily intervals - working towards a 24 hour summary of activity and growth.

The majority of the posts will be for the whole network - but some will also be for my nearby Greater Toronto area -as shown here:

I hope this blog will provide useful information, and become a place to stop by and see the latest information, besides going to Plugshare for updates!