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)

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?)

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)

New Chargers Added - Mar. 7th, - Mar. 8th, 2013

Over the last 24 hours - there have been 23 New Public Chargers (plus 17 Restricted Chargers - which most seem to be a mistake and they should be Public chargers) added to the PlugShare network, plus 16 New Photos, and 3 New home stations being shared. 

Plugshare is now tracking 15,694 Total Stations!

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added = 20
• New Restricted Stations added = 17
• New Photos Added = 16
• New Home Stations Shared = 3

43 People Checked into Public EV Chargers today, which means most people are still charging up at home, and just 43 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!) 

Special thanks to Yoga Boy, Terry V, and JR for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

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

1. Brentwood Town Centre, Burnaby, BC
2. West Vancouver Community Center,  BC
3. Gleneagles Community Center, West Vancouver, BC
4. Ohlone College - Fremont Campus - Hyman Hall, Fremont, CA
5. Montevalle Park & Recreation Center, Chula Vista, CA
6. 908 Jefferson, Seattle, WA
7. Arrowhead, Davie, FL
8. Building 351, Cleaveland, OH
9. Alameda, Oakland, CA
10. Summit Greenville, Jersey City, NJ
11. West Village, Davis, CA
12. Pemberton Comunity Centre, Pemberton, BC
13. 9th Ave. Garage - East, Columbus, OH
14. Lane Avenue Parking Garage, Columbus, OH
15. South Campus Gateway Station, Columbus, OH
16. Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion (BACI),
17. Ville de Joliette, Place Bourget, Jolliette, QC
18. Ville de Joliette, 415 rue Saint Viateur, Joliette, QC
19. Camosun College, Interurban Campus, Victoria, BC
20. Alameda / JCC, San Leandro, CA
21. Willows Lodge, Woodinville, WA
22. Cherokee Ford Dealership, ??
23. Comptrol Fuel Systems Inc., Burnaby, BC

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

1. NTRC Building, Knoxville, TN
2. Canmet ENERGIE, Varenennes, QC
3. Universite Laval, Pavillion H. Biermans, Quebec, QC
4. Louis Tremblay, Quebec, QC
5. MTQ-CGER, Quebec, QC
6. TM4, Boucherville, QC
7. MTQ-CGER, Boucherville, QC
8. Stationnement d'Youville Quebec (#089), Quebec, QC
9. Hydro Quebec - Appel d'offres #14200869
10. Hotel de Ville de Quebec, Quebec, QC
11. Port de Sept-Iles, QC
12. Edifice H Quebec, Quebec, QC
13. Port de Sept-Iles, Pointe-Noire, QC
14. Universite Laval, Pavillion Pouliot, Quebec, QC
15. Boutique, Mere et Mouses, Longueuil, QC
16. MTQ-CGER, Lavala, QC
17. iGo Car Share, Evanston, IL

Since Quebec, Canada, is working on expanding their own Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in the public domain, I suspect these EVSE's (EV Chargers) are actually going - Mostly Public, but some 'boo-boo' slip and they all were copied - and made all Restricted.

On That Note - check out: 

Ontario fires up EV charging station rebate plan.

Companies Collaborate on E.V. Charging for All.

News to dream about:

Nissan to Market D.C. Fast Charger for Under $10,000.

Mitsubishi reveals electric plans at Geneva.

2014 Chevrolet Spark EV Headed to Canada as Fleet-Only Vehicle.