23 New Chargers Added 24 hours to Wednesday - April 17th, 2013

Over the last 24 hours - there have been 47 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, No Restricted Stations, 33 New Photos, and 6 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added = 15 Locations, 16 Chargers
• New Restricted Stations added = 0
• New Photos Added = 29
• New Home Stations Shared = 7

80  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today! (Corrected!)

The last item counted today - was 'New Photo of McDonald's, Concord, CA' (*Corrected)

Special thanks to Anthony, EV Plug (Matawan, NJ), Matt, EV Plug (, Indianapolis, IN), Rachel, Wall Plug (East Liverpool, WV), Stephen, EV Plug ( Norcross, GA), Lee, EV Plug, Wall Plug (Stow, MA), eric, Wall Plug (Saint-jean-sur-Richelieu, QC), and mark, Tesla Model S, Wall Plug (Coral Springs, FL), for sharing their Home Stations access with us today! 

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:

1. Matawan Quick Charge, Matawan, NJ - (Questionable)
2. Cooper Family Medicine Parking lot, Cherry Hill, NJ - EV Plug, $
3. 7-11 Parking lot, Flushing, NY - Quick Charge (CHAdeMO)
4. ITESM-CCM, Mexico City, Mexico - ABB Quick Charge (Install Coming Soon)
5. Fuente de las cibeles, Colonia Condessa, Mexico City, Mexico ABB Quick Charge (CHAdeMO)
6. nissan broosard (Duplicate)
7. Nissan Brossard, Brossard, QC - EV Plug, Wall Plug
8. Lirr south multilevel lot, Huntington Station, NY - EV Plug(s), $
9. Greenwood Ford Lincoln, Bowling Green, KY - EV Plug x2
10. Bobby Murray Chrevrolet, Raleigh, NC - EV Plug
11. NRECA II (parking garage), Arlington, VA - Wall Plugs, $$
12. Tesla Supercharger, Folsom Duplicate Listing
13. SoCal Edison Education Center, Tulare, CA - EV Plug
14. 555 2nd Avenue, Collegeville, PA parking lot - Wall Plug
15. Guillevin International Cie, Trois-Rivières, QC - EV Plug
    (Schneider Electric charging station distributor)

Not as much growth today but a steady flow coming on board, and two new Quick Chargers in Mexico + one in New York! Plus - once again - I was able to get the links in for the charging stations and the surrounding areas!

74 New Chargers Added 24 hours to Saturday - April 13th, 2013 + News: Chargers Going in

Over the last 24 hours - there have been 63 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, 4 Restricted Stations, 63 New Photos, and 7 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added = 48 Locations, 63 Chargers
• New Restricted Stations added = 3 Locations, 4 Chargers
• New Photos Added = 63
• New Home Stations Shared = 7

100  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. A nice round number!

The last item counted today - was 'New Photo of City of Azusa Public Parking' 

Special thanks to David, NEMA 14 (University City, CA), Andy, Wall Plug (Ashland, OR), Daniel, EV Plug (Kennesaw, GA), Guillaume, EV Plug (Saint-Hubert), Carlene, EV Plug (Everett, WA), Bob, EV Plug (Grants Pass, OR - Pending Install), and Lionel, EV Plug, Wall Plug (Sainte-Sophie, QC), for sharing their Home stations access with us today! 

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:

1. Harbour Quay, Port Alberni, BC - EV plug
2. Panda Corp, Rosemead, CA - EV Plug
3. Perry Sound KOA, Seguin, ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal)
4. Sacramento Memorial 5, Sacramento, CA - NEMA 14, EV Plug (+ CHAdeMO Quick Charge ?)
5. 1000 Islands, Kingston KOA, Kingston ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
6. 1000 Islands, Ivy Lea KOA, Landsdowne, ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
7. 1000 Islands, Mallorytown KOA, Mallorytown, ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
8. Ottawa South KOA, Cardinal, ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
9. Montreal West KOA, Coteau du Lac, QC - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
10. Montreal South KOA, St. Philippe de Laprarie, QC - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
11. Renfrew KOA, Renfrew, ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
12. Quebec City KOA, St. Nicolas, QC - NEMA 14 (Seasonal)
13. Commonwealth Place, Victoria, BC - EV Plug
14. HQ Headquarters, Montreal, QC - EV Plug, $
15. Anaheim West Tower Parking, Anaheim, CA - EV Plug x2, $
16. Wayne AAA Office, Wayne, PA - EV Plug x2, $
17. Main Line Animal Rescue, Phoenixville, PA - EV Plug x2, $
18. US Airways Flight Training Center, Phoenix, AZ - EV Plug x3, $
19. Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ - EV Plug x3, $
20. A-Life Medical, Sandiego, CA - EV Plug, $
21. Legacy Partners, Long Beach, CA - EV Plug x3, $
22. Smokey Mountain Brewry, Maryville, TN - EV Plug, $
23. Beam Charging - W 13th St., New York, NY - EV Plug, $
24. Beam Charging - 3rd Ave., New York, NY - EV Plug, $
25. Beam Charging - 1st Ave., New York, NY - EV Plug, $
26. Beam Charging - Allen St., New York, NY - EV Plug, $
27. Beam Charging - W 3rd St., New York, NY - EV Plug, $
28. NRC, Ottawa, ON - EV Plug
29. Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, Monterey CA - EV Plug, Wall Plug
30. 6th Ave. Parking Garage, Seattle WA - EV Plug x2
31. Campbell River Visitor Centre, BC - EV Plug
32. City of Campbell River Dogwood Operations Centre, Campbell River, BC - EV Plug
33. Capilano University, Lot 1, North Vancouver, BC - EV Plug
34. Convention Center, Santa Fe, NM - EV Plug, Wall Plug
35. UFV Abbotsford, Lot 10, Abbotsford, BC - EV Plug, $
36. Thorncrest Ford, Etobicoke, ON - EV Plug
37. Toronto Lester B Pearson International Airport - T1 - EV Plug, $
38. DTW Airport, Detroit, MI - EV Plug x2, $
39. DTW Airport, Romulus, MI - EV Plug x2, $
40. University of Fraser Valley, Lot 1 - EV Plug, $
41. WearTech, Anaheim, CA - EV Plug, Wall Plug
42. City Hall, Campbell River, BC - EV Plug
43. Tishman Speyer, Washington, DC - EV Plug
44. Poets Cove, Pender Island, BC - EV Plug
45. Pitt Meadows Airport, Pitt Meadows, BC - EV Plug
46. Bob Bath, Grants Pass, OR - (Residential EV Plug, a Duplicate of Home Station Bob - Above)
47. Charge Point at Safeway Village San Antonio Center, EV Plug, (Pending)
48. City of Temecula - Old Towne Garage, Temecula, CA - EV Plug x2

New Restricted Stations today, by Name & Location (where possible):

1. Lp122a, Sacramento, CA - EV Plug, CHAdeMO Quick Charger
2. Pearkes Recreation Centre, Victoria BC - EV Plug x2
3. TransEnergy Solutions, Portland, OR - EV Plug

As a Reminder - the $ indicated above means either Paid Charging, or Charging in Paid Parking areas. Either way - the information given states there is a fee to pay. It might be flat rate, or time based, or energy used based.

News Bits:

5,200 Public EV Charging Stations, 58 Hydrogen Fueling Stations. (@December 18, 2012)

We all have our own favorites when it comes to clean cars of the future. Since I am writing on this site, I think you can tell what mine is. However, there are of course others who think that hydrogen-powered cars own the future. I remember seeing an ad (I think from Ford) in a major magazine about 10 years ago that was about the beautiful fact that hydrogen-powered cars didn’t emit pollution, just water (and heat). 10 years later, I’m yet to see a fancy hydrogen-powered car… wait, actually, I did see one at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week — I guess I should say that I’m yet to see one on the road.

According to a recent report, there are only 58 hydrogen fueling stations in the US, compared to 5,621 public electric vehicle charging stations (as I’m writing this). I think the 58 number is for the end of 2012 (not that it has changed much since then), so in my title I used the December 18 US charging station total of 5,200 to be as...(MORE)

Kroger to Add 225 EV Charging Stations. April 10, 2013

The Kroger Co. and Ecotality will add more than 200 level 2 quick-charge electric vehicle charging stations and 25 DC fast chargers at Kroger supermarkets across the US.

The companies say the $1.5 million expansion will bring the total number of Ecotality’s Blink chargers at Kroger stores to almost 300.

Kroger says the EV charging stations will be installed at stores in markets with the highest demand, including Phoenix, San Diego and Los Angeles. These stations are in addition to 60 already installed in...(MORE)

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'aréna 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?)

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:

B.C. laying groundwork for electric car surge with charging stations.

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)

B.C. devotes $1.3M to electric vehicle DC fast chargers.

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)

B.C. plugging in to electric vehicle fast chargers.

"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)