New Chargers Added 24 hours to Sunday, March 31st, 2013 + News Bits

Plugshare now lists (My Addition) a total of 16,278 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. They List 16,336 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.

Over the last 24 hours - there have been 10 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, and 3 Restricted Chargers, plus 58 New Photos, and 8 New home stations being shared. BC Lead the way on the most new listings with 3! 

There was a Tesla High Powered Wall Charger Listed new today!

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added = 10
• New Restricted Stations added = 3
• New Photos Added = 58
• New Home Stations Shared = 8

128  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 'New Check in at Irvine Co, CA' (Red)

Special thanks to Josh, EV Plug ( Grafton, WV), Tunde Munz, Wall Plug (San Francisco, CA), Tanguy, Wall Plug (Lacolle, QC), Chris, EV Plug (Houston, TX), Margie, Wall Plug (San Anselmo, CA), Elena, Wall Plug (Beaumont, CA), Prakash Manadhar, Plug? (Lawrence, MA), Moses, Wall Plug (East Point, GA),  for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:

1. 110v at Valet Station, Peachtree Corners, GA
2. Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que, Brea, CA
3. Gay Brewer Jr Golf Course (Picadome), Lexington, KY
4. Intercontinental Chicago, IL
5. L'enfante Plaza Garage, Washington, DC
6. Maple Ridge Municipal Mall, Maple Ridge, BC
7. HUMC: Women's & Children's Hospital Underground Parking Lot, Hackensack, NJ
8. Kyle Center Parking Lot, Port Moody, BC
9. Port Moody Recreation Complex, Port Moody, BC
10. Green Mitsubishi, Springfield, IL

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

1. 14-50 inside my garage, Tucker, GA
2. Nordstrom Valet Parking Lot (Ground Level), Paramus, NJ (Tesla HPWC)
3. Lee's Toyota, Jamaica, NY

News Bits:

What to do with Old EV Batteries? Tesla has one Answer! General Motors and ABB have another!

"Working with Umicore has allowed us to completely recycle the Roadster battery packs profitably, without special financial incentives necessary to promote recycling (as opposed to the lithium manganese or lithium iron phosphate chemistries used in the electric vehicles just hitting the road now)."

General Motors (GM) and ABB have successfully converted used Chevy Volt batteries into a modular microgrid energy storage system that can support distributed generation and provide...(More)

Nissan starts 2013 Leaf production in UK, EV now made on three continents.

Building the Leaf in Tennessee helped Nissan sell more of the all-electric car in the US in March than in any other month. The start of production in the UK, in Nissan's Sunderland plant, has been in the planning stages for a while and today's official start of production means the world's best-selling all-electric vehicle is now being made on three continents (since 2010, the Leaf has been made in Japan). The Sunderland plant was opened in...(MORE)

New Chargers Added 24 hours to Thursday March 28th, 2013 + News Bits

Plugshare now lists (My Addition) a total of 16,185 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 16,206 Stations. I have not listed all duplicate stations and they may not have purged them yet.

Over the last 24 hours - there have been 16 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, plus 25 New Photos, and 5 New home stations being shared. BC Lead the way on the most new listings!

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added = 16
• New Restricted Stations added = 1
• New Photos Added = 25
• New Home Stations Shared = 5

66 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 'Bruce Checked in at Applied Materials - Building 12, Santa Clara, CA'

Special thanks to Reid Berman (Winterpark, FL), Allan (Richboro, PA), Rob & Elaine (Lathrup Village, MI), Mark (Buffalo, NY), and Steve Halverson (Jacksonville, FL),  for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:

1. PALM SPRINGS CITY HALL, Palm Springs, CA (Looks Like a repeat Listing!)
2. LaFontain Chevrolet, Dexter, MI
3. Wild Birds Unlimited, Gardiner, WA
4. Jupiter Town Hall, Jupiter, FL
5. SAN Airport (Lindbergh Field), San Diego, CA
6. New Westminster 6th Street Parkade, New Westminster, BC
7. Centerville City Hall, Centerville, OH
8. Ocean Park Library, Surrey, BC
9. City of Surrey - Surrey City Hall (Redundant Station Listing)
10. Newton Seniors Centre/Library, Surrey, BC
11. Surrey Arts Centre, Surrey, BC
12. Guildford Recreation Centre/Library, Surrey, BC
13. Mott Electric, Burnaby, BC (2 Listings Shown)
14. UNBC Parking Lot B, Prince George, BC
15. Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, BC
16. Ogden Point Terminal, Greater Victoria Harbour Authority, Victoria BC

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

1. Tesla, Paramus, NJ

A few places had stations listed in this period that were in fact redundant listings. PlugShare/Xatori has been informed of them.

News Bits:

Here is an interesting - if not new, artilce about the beginning of Electric Vehicles in China:

2011.05.12 First Batch of Pure EVs by Private Purchase Hit Shanghai streets

Few consumers tend to buy EV, whose era is still looming, due to the fledging technology and the construction of its infrastructure and supporting industries. Eight consumers, including Ms. Huang from Anting Shanghai International Automobile City, however, have succeeded getting the Shanghai license plates for their own EVs at Vehicle Administrative Office on Apr 6th 2011 . They are said to be the first private owners of the pure EVs bought from OEMs, like ZKLF ,Chery, Zotye and BYD ,all of which have achieved the goal of the sales of pure EVs in China. The achievements of the purchase wave for the private EVs can't be separated from the...(More)

How it Works: Salem's EV Charging Stations (Video + Story).

The city of Salem recently installed eight electric vehicle charging stations in the Museum Place and South Harbor parking garages.

On Wednesday, Voltrek co-owner Kathleen Rosen was nice enough to offer a quick demonstration of exactly how these electric charging stations work.

Before hooking up, motorists have to first wave a charge pass in front of the station. If you don't have one, Rosen said you can call a phone number on the unit and the company can...(More)

Infiniti LE Electric Car Coming In 2014 With Wireless Charging. 

Nissan still has an ace up its sleeve; the Infiniti LE electric car, which should hit markets in the year 2014, and almost assuredly with wireless charging.

Having just driven 10 miles out of my way to plug into a solar-powered Level 2 EV charger, I can say with some degree of certainty that wireless charging will be a huge plus for electric cars. If Infiniti can be the first major auto makers to bring wireless charging to the EV market, it could really accelerate adaption among the...(More)

Affordable, Wireless EV Charging A-Go-Go. 

Wireless electric vehicle charging systems have started to seep into the EV market, and little wonder. All you have to do is park your EV over a special pad and science does the rest. 

It’s far more convenient than using a plug-in electric charger, and it’s almost comically more convenient than pumping your own gas at a gas station, especially when you consider the potential for wirelessly charging an EV while it’s in motion. 

The only hitch, as is often the case with...(More)

EV Battery Tech 24th - 25th April, 2013 London, UK.
Hear from 20+ OEMs on their strategies to lower cost whilst optimising performance in EV development, ensuring return on investment through solutions such as secondary use, matching customer use to technological development and standardisation.