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)

15 New Chargers Added 24 hours to Saturday, April 6th, 2013, Now 16,515 Stations Tracked!

Plugshare lists a total of 16,515 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 16,434 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, plus 38 New Photos, and 2 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added = 8 Locations, 13 Chargers
• New Restricted Stations added = 0
• New Photos Added = 38
• New Home Stations Shared = 2

71  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. 

The last item counted today - was 'New Photo of Warnock Lake, Atchison, KS' 

Special thanks to Pierre, Daryl, Tesla Model S HPWC (Emerald Hills, CA), and Randy, EV Plug (Chelan, WA), for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:

1. Juan de Fuca Library, Colwood, BC - EV Plug x2
2. DUPLICATE Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion (BACI) Parking Lot - EV Plug x2
3. 1520 Irving Street SW, Tumwater, WA - EV Plug
4. Bayer Material Science Parking Lot, Baytown, TX - EV Plug x2
5. Plaza Del Sol, San Diego, CA - EV Plug x2, $
6. Giant Eagle Market District, McKees Rocks, PA - EV Plug x2
7. Lakeshore RV Park, Chelan, WA - NEMA 14
8. Warnock Lake, Atchison, KS - 240V Wall Plug

No Restricted Stations were added today.

A New Highlight Color was introduced.  Fuschia - was chosen to highlight - odd Chargers that are not so commonly used, so as to bring your attention to their difference. 

I Have already mentioned the use of Orange as the Highlight Color for Stations that Charge a Fee - along with the $ sign, and Lime Green for Highlighting CHAdeMO Listings in my Blog Descriptions.

News Bits:

Elon Musk Confirms Smaller Tesla in $30,000 Range After Model X.

If you’re thinking that you’d love to have a Tesla Model S, but it’s just too expensive, we have some good news. Elon Musk, one of the cofounders of Tesla Motors and the CEO of the company, said over Twitter that a smaller car is on the way in about three to four years that will cost in the neighborhood of $30,000 at today’s prices.

Musk said that the small sedan would be about the size of an Audi A4 or BMW 3 Series, have fewer standard features than the Model S, and would start at about $30,000 in 2013 dollars, not including inflation. He said that it will have a range greater than...(MORE)

Quick Guide to Buying Your First Home EV Charger.

It may surprise EV newbies to learn that an electric car’s charger is found on board the vehicle. It’s the equipment buried in the guts of the car that takes an AC source of juice from your house, and converts it to DC—so your car’s battery pack can be charged.

That's a fact. But it doesn’t stop nearly everybody from calling the wall-mounted box that supplies 240 volts of electricity a “charger.” Actually, that box, cord and plug has a technical name—Electric Vehicle Service Equipment or EVSE—and if you have an EV, you’re going to want to install one at home.

So, it’s slightly misleading to say we’re providing guidance about chargers, because we’re really talking about buying an EVSE—which is essentially no more than an electrical device allowing drivers to safely connect an electric car to a...(MORE)

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New Chargers Added - Mar. 19th - Wednesday, Mar. 20th, 2013 + News

Plugshare now lists (Their Numbers) a total of 15,992 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. 

Update: This was by about 5:00 PM. By 8 PM - 8 more were added - totaling 16,000 Listed Chargers. See image at the bottom!

Over the last 24 hours - there have been 4 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, plus 37 New Photos, and 2 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added = 4
• New Restricted Stations added = 0
• New Photos Added = 37
• New Home Stations Shared = 2

79 People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. 

The last person counted today - was 'Carlin checked in at Mini Richmond, BC'

Special thanks to Bob (Clifton Park, NJ), and Bruce (Tenafly, NJ),  for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

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

1. Kohl's, (Blink), McDonough, GA
2. Walgreen's, Lynnwood, WA
3. Sun Valley Acoustical Corp., Chico, CA
4. Alan Webb Mitsubishi, Vancouver, WA

Still a pretty quiet day! Even though more people used public chargers today - than yesterday - it was only 11 more people checked in today!

I am updating this post with the stats late, but as I do - Plugshare has reported rolling over 16,000 Electric Vehicle Charge Points tracked on their site!

News Bit's:

RENAULT : 170 teenagers discover the electric vehicle on the Ile Seguin thanks to Renault and Schneider.

Ile Seguin, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, March 19, 2013 - As part of Industry Week, Renault and Schneider Electric, with the support of the Boulogne-Billancourt town council and the SAEM Val de Seine Aménagement, invited 170 pupils from local high schools to discover the Ile Seguin site. (More).

Tesla revenue up 500% in the ‘year of the Model S’

After delivering the first few Model S sedans in June, Tesla also met its production goal of 400 cars per week by the end of... (More) 

Fuji Launches Slimmed-Down EV Charger.

Fuji Electric Corporation of America is releasing a new generation of UL-Certified 25kW DC Quick Charging Stations for electric vehicles, offering a slimmer, sleeker version aimed at a wider variety of applications and...(More).

Fuji Electric: DC Quick Chargers for Electric Vehicles (EV).

Fuji Electric’s newly designed FRC Series of Quick Chargers for Electric Vehicles offers the ability to charge a 25 kWh electric vehicle battery in less than 60 minutes. The systems feature the CHAdeMO interface for compatibility with currently available electric vehicles. Level 3 Electric Vehicle charging allows for quickly charging the vehicle battery directly, bypassing the vehicle on-board charger. This arrangement is faster and more efficient than...(More).

DC Quick Charging: Comparison Study of 25kW vs. 50kw.

The Fuji Electric Generation 3 DC Quick Charger features a scalable 12.5 kW Power Supply Architecture. This reduces the size and weight of the charger while providing a reliable 25kW Charge.

CHAdeMO interface and Less than 7-11 minutes Additional Charge Time, vs. 50 kW DC Fast Chargers. (More).

The Following image is a screen Capture of my PlugShare App on my Android Phone - Showing the Tally at ~ 8:38 PM tonight! (Added in July 3rd, 2013)

New Chargers Added - Mar. 16th - Mar. 17th, 2013

Plugshare is now tracking 15,995 Total Stations!
Based on my counting!

Over the last 24 hours - there have been 8 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, and 1 Restricted Charger, plus 48 New Photos, and 8 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added = 8
• New Restricted Stations added = 1
• New Photos Added = 48
• New Home Stations Shared = 8

119  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today, which means that while it was double or triple the last few days, most people are still charging up at home, and 119 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! Maybe - with warmer weather - and new EV Buyers - comes more public charging, too! 

It was a Sunday, and while it was pretty quiet on growth of listing new public chargers, it was quite active on Electric Vehicle Owners getting out and using the public EV Charging Infrastructure! As also witnessed by the larger number of photos added today! Also - a larger number of personal Charger points were shared today. 

Have you shared a charge Point of your own yet on PlugShare? Personal Station - just select 'Share My Station' from the main menu. Public Stations - Select 'Add Public Station'. Remember - to complete the correct Address, Street Number, Name, and City/State. Also - add a phone number, too!

The last person counted today - was 'New Checkin at Best Western Plus, Milton, ON CS90'

Special thanks to Tom, Laura (Orlando, FL), Flydad (Washington, DC), Steve (Orangeville, ON), Shaun (Gonzales, LA), Anthony (Highland Park, NJ), Salim Kaka (Zanesville, OH), James (Apex, NC), AND Terry Z (Broomfield, CO), for sharing their Home stations access with us today!

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

1. Goodwill, Adams St., Mankato, MN
2. Fuji Bakery, Seattle, WA
3. Santa Barbara City College, CA
4. MacFairlane Chevrolet Buick GMC, Petrolia, ON
5. Thibault Chevrolet Cadillac Buick GMC Ltee, Rouyn-Noranda, QC
6. AutoNation Chevrolet, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
7. SPCA Maple Ridge, BC
8. Partners Way Deck, Raleigh, NC

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

1. LARRY H MILLER NISSAN OF HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO

I had some issues with my phone today - and the app seemed to lock up, so I borrowed my Wife's iPhone to gather the data today, using the iPhone Plugshare App, instead of the Android App! While both apps get the data - they present it in a little different format each!