Showing posts with label EV Plug. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 4, 2013

34 New Chargers Added 24 hours to Thursday, April 4th, 2013 + Energy News Bits


Plugshare lists a total of 16,464 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 16,368 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 21 New Public Chargers, and 4 new Restricted Chargers added to the PlugShare network, plus 76 New Photos, and 9 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

  • New Public Chargers Added = 21
  • New Restricted Stations added = 4
  • New Photos Added = 76
  • New Home Stations Shared = 9

113  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. More Chargers added, More public uses - more today than yesterday!

The last item counted today - was 'New Checkin at Tahoma Market, Fife, WA

Special thanks to Martin and Tina, EV Plug (Chilliwack, BC), Christopher, Wall Plug + EV Plug (Minneapolis, MN), Mike, EV Plug (Long Beach, CA), Guenette, Tesla HPWC for Model S, EV Plug (Montreal, QC), Chris, Tesla HPWC for Model S, NEMA 14, Wall Plug (Eunice, NM), Justin, EV Plug, Wall Plug (Knox, PA), Remy, NEMA-14 (Rimouski, QC), Allison and Ellen, EV Plug (Kemptville, ON), and Vdiv, Wall Plug, EV Plug, NEMA 10-30 (Reston, VA) , for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:
  1. AAA Building, Dearborn, MI - Wall Plug, EV Plug
  2. RE/MAX Masters, Perrysburg, OH - EV Plug
  3. British Columbia Visitors Centre, Surrey, BC - EV Plug
  4. Providence Medical Group, Portland, OR - EV Plug
  5. Best Western Plus, Kelowna, BC - EV Plug
  6. Kelowna Infiniti Nissan, Kelowna, BC - EV Plug
  7. Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, CA - EV Plug + Wall Plug X2
  8. Thompson Rivers University - Williams Lake, BC - EV Plug x2
  9. sc-25, Lasalle, (Montreal) QC - EV Plug
  10. Beam Charging, New York, NY - EV Plug, $
  11. Federal West, San Diego, CA - EV Plug x2
  12. Mountaingate RV Park, Redding, CA - NEMA 14, $
  13. Grove Street Chapel, Brattleboro, VT - EV Plug (Pending)
  14. IKEA (Duplicate West Covina)
  15. Seward Park Co-op, New York, NY - CHAdeMO
  16. Riverside Nissan (New + Duplicate), Riverside, CA
  17. Connell Nissan, Costa Mesa, CA (CHAdeMO)
  18. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC - EV Plug, $

New Restricted Stations today, by Name & Location (where possible):
  1. PreFlight Parking, Philadelphia, PA - Wall Plug
  2. UT Solar Decathlon - Living Light, Knoxville, TN - EV Plug, $
  3. Eastman Chemical Company - Building 300, Kingsport, TN - EV Plug x2 (Offline)
How Ontario is putting an end to coal-burning power plants.
By most measures of environmental policy and progress, Ontario, Canada, ranks well. Over the last half-century, Canada’s most populous province required cities and industries to treat every gallon of wastewater, dramatically reduced the level of sulfur and other pollutants that caused acid rain, and convinced the big and politically powerful pulp and paper industry to install state-of-the-art emissions control equipment.

Weaning economies off of coal, as Ontario learned, is no small feat. In 2003, Ontario generated 7,500 megawatts of coal-fired electricity, a quarter of its power supply. Ontario’s coal consumption peaked that year at 18.6 million metric tons. Coal-fired power plants were Ontario’s largest source of toxic chemical, heavy metal, sulfur, and nitrogen air  
pollution. Carbon emissions from coal-fired generation had risen to more than 41 million metric tons annually. The program to end coal began that same year with an exceptional 
debate about energy that helped decide the election for provincial premier.

Next year, though, Ontario is scheduled to complete a 21st century environmental cleanup project that distinguishes it among North American jurisdictions. After a decade of work by 
the Liberal Party government, Ontario at the end of this year is scheduled to close the last of its big coal-fired generators, and leave a single small coal-fired unit available 
during periods of peak electrical demand until it closes next year. In shutting down the province’s 19 boilers fueled by coal, Ontario will become the...(MORE)


German village offers a blueprint for green energy.
Nations as diverse as North Korea and the United States have sent delegations to visit a tiny village in former East Germany to see how it has transformed the way it uses energy.
A 60-minute drive south of Berlin, and home to about 125 people, Feldheim is Germany's first and only energy self-sufficient village and attracts both international energy experts 
and politicians.

The country of more than 80 million aims to derive 80 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2050. It has bolstered wind and solar energy generation, and following Japan's 
Fukushima disaster in 2011 Germany announced that it will phase out nuclear power by 2022.

"We're seen as pioneers, and the world wants to know whether they can duplicate our success," says Joachim Gebauer, a former teacher who guides visitors through the remote hamlet. "No coal or gas is burned here, it's all...(MORE)




Tuesday, April 2, 2013

18 New Chargers Added in the 24 hours to Monday, April 1st 2013 + News Bits


Plugshare lists a total of 16,360 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 16,296 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, and 1 Restricted Charger, plus 41 New Photos, and 4 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

  • New Public Chargers Added = 13
  • New Restricted Stations added = 1
  • New Photos Added = 41
  • New Home Stations Shared = 4

88  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. Few Chargers added, Fewer public uses - a bit quieter day - but still not so bad!

The last item counted today - was 'Michael Checked in at Rock City, Lookout Mountain, GA

Special thanks to Adam, Wall Plug + 240V (Columbus, OH), Kevin, Tesla HPWC + NEMA 14 (Phoenix, AZ), Steve, Wall Plug (Kendallville, IN), and Airportguy, EV Plug (Waterloo, ON),  for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

Looks like California and Texas are in a Tie today with 4 new stations each (Unless we count the Restricted one - then CA Leads)!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:
  1. Tesla Superchargers, Lebec, CA
  2. Malvern, Lancater, NH
  3. Wheatberries Bakery, Gibsons, BC
  4. Wheatberries Bakery-Duplicate?
  5. Egmont Heritage Centre, Egmont, BC
  6. Enloe Medical Center, Chico, CA
  7. 3003 JFK Parking Lot, Philadelphia, PA
  8. YMCA - Town North #75, Dallas, TX
  9. Twin Peaks Houston - 290, Houston, TX
  10. YMCA Lake Highlands #37, Dallas, TX
  11. Ripley House on Navigation, Houston, TX
  12. Carl's Jr, Los Angeles, CA
  13. Los Altos South Parking Plaza #3, Los Altos, CA
New Restricted Stations today, by Name & Location (where possible):
  1. Toyota Technical Center, Gardena, CA
News Bits:

It's been a slow couple months for the Nissan Leaf, with sales hovering around 650 for each of the first two months of the year. Throughout the slowdown (late last year, monthly sales totals were closer to 1,500), Nissan representatives kept saying there was no need to worry, that once production got rolling in Tennessee, sales would climb back up. But they never said we'd be looking at a such a high new record. Just last week, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn was saying...(More)

Tesla Motors issued two bits of news late last night to add to whatever we'll learn about on Tuesday. First off, sales of the Model S have "exceeded the target provided in the mid February shareholder letter" by 250 units. Second, sales of the low-end 40-kWh Model S were so low that the model has been scrapped.

In February, Tesla said in a shareholder letter that it expected "about 4,500 deliveries in
Q1" of 2013. It has instead sold 4,750 and it is thus "amending its Q1 guidance to full profitability, both GAAP and non-GAAP." The company is now delivering 500 vehicles a week, up from 400 not too long ago. We now have to wonder if the original...(More)


Wednesday, March 27, 2013

New Chargers Added 24 hours to Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 + Charging News Bits:


Plugshare now lists (My Addition) a total of 16,163 Stations

They use dynamic tracking to both add new - and remove redundant, or test stations that are dropped, 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. They List 16,158 Stations.


Over the last 24 hours - there have been 29 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, plus 35 New Photos, and 6 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

  • New Public Chargers Added = 29
  • New Restricted Stations added = 0
  • New Photos Added = 35
  • New Home Stations Shared = 6

89 People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. It was a good day for EV Drivers!

The last item counted today - was 'New Photo of Schneider Electric Employee Parking'

Special thanks to nonleafeater (Atlanta, GA), Mike (Beverly Hills, CA, EV Plug), Aaron (Riverside, CA, EV Plug), Alan (Witchita, KS, Wall Outlet), Rick (Salinas, CA), and Wesley (Janesville, WI, Wall Outlet), for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:
  1. New West City Hall, New Westminster, BC
  2. Pemberton Valley Lodge (This is a misplaced duplicate listing)
  3. Nordstrom Parking Garage - Tesla, Tysons Corner, VA
  4. Richmond Community Center, Richmond, BC
  5. Richmond Granville Ave, Richmond, BC
  6. Richmond City Hall, Richmond, BC
  7. The Village at Park Royal, West Vancouver, BC (Future)
  8. Ridge Meadows Hospital, Maple Ridge, BC (Soon)
  9. 3M Customer Innovation Center - Building 278, St. Paul, MN
  10. Holiday Inn Express, Belmont, CA
  11. Cedar House Sport Hotel, Truckee, CA
  12. Qualicum Beach Washroom, Qualicum Beach, BC
  13. Qualicum Beach Civic Centre, Qualicum Beach, BC
  14. Qualicum Beach Airport, BC
  15. Qualicum Beach Town Hall. BC
  16. Qualicum Beach Visitors Centre, Qualicum Beach, BC
  17. Qualicum Beach Downtown Entrance, Qualicum Beach, BC
  18. NCSU McKimmon Center and Solar House, Raleigh, NC
  19. NCSU - Partners II Lot, Raleigh
  20. NCSU - Partners Way Parking Deck, Raleigh, NC
  21. NCSU - Oval Drive West Deck, Raleigh, NC 
  22. Hwy, 36 & St, Rice St - Park & Ride, Little Canada, MN
  23. Nissan South, Morrow, GA
  24. Public Parking Garage, Palm Springs, CA
  25. Coachella Valley IHUB, Palm Springs, CA
  26. Palm Springs, CA City Hall
  27. Westfield West Covina Mall, West Covina, CA
  28. Basics Cooperative, Janesville, WI
  29. Schneider Electric Employee Parking, Smyrna, TN
Not the Most stations added in a day - but still quite a few!

Charging News Bits:

The first of six public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations were installed Tuesday afternoon, in the Los Altos Civic Center parking lot next to the Bus Barn Theater. You may see workers downtown installing charging stations at Parking Plaza 3 in front of... (More)


New electric vehicle chargers coming to Manhattan Beach.
Four electric vehicle charging stations will be installed Wednesday in the Manhattan Beach City Hall parking garage as part of the California Energy Commission’s initiative to upgrade outdated EV charging infrastructure across the state.

This is the outcome of City Council’s decision last December to apply for the CEC’s “Reconnect CA” grant, which seeks to upgrade more than.. (More)


AAA Unveils Roadside EV Quick-Charging Truck in Seattle.
The American Automobile Association (AAA) last week deployed its first Level 3 roadside charging truck in Seattle. As PluginCars.com reported in August 2011, AAA’s John Nielsen proposed this service in 2009, and initiated a one-year pilot beginning in 2011. Seattle is now one of six metropolitan areas to get one of AAA’s electric vehicle charging trucks, along with...(More)



First West Coast Navy Exchange Electric Vehicle Charging Station Opens at Naval Base San Diego.
Naval Base San Diego opened the first West Coast electric vehicle or EV charging station at the local NEX during a March 22 ceremony.


The San Diego NEX is the first West Coast facility to offer electric vehicle charging to its patrons. Two EV charging spaces are conveniently located near an NEX entrance to encourage...(More)