Google Maps – you may love it or hate it, but you probably use it. Now Google has made its omnipresent app more useful by adding EV charging stations to its database. With a quick search, users can now pull up charging stations within the app and view each station’s port types, counts and charging… Read more »
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ROEV Association brings together major players to promote charging network interoperability
Many services that we enjoy in the modern world are provided by a patchwork of local or regional companies, and they depend on some sort of national or international network to provide a seamless experience for consumers. The classic examples are mobile phones and ATMs, but there are many other examples (long distance telephony, airlines,… Read more »
ROEV Association aims to enable seamless access to public charging
A charge is becoming easier to find – there are now around 19,000 public, networked EV charging ports in the US – however, to use all the available chargers, EV owners may need to have accounts with several networks, which means carrying multiple access cards and using different mobile apps to find stations. There’s a… Read more »
New PlugShare Data tool offers comprehensive EV infrastructure analytics
In the past five years, the amount of public PEV charging infrastructure in the US has skyrocketed to over 25,000 charging stations. In June 2010, that number was fewer than 1,000. That’s when the PlugShare team first began mapping EV chargers, allowing its app users to share tips and tricks about their favorite places to… Read more »
Car Charging Group raises $6 million in new funding
Car Charging Group, the Florida-based provider of EV charging services, has closed an offering of convertible preferred securities and warrants, and raised net proceeds of up to $6 million from current institutional shareholders. Two million of the funds were delivered at closing, with the remainder to be disbursed upon achievement of operating milestones over the… Read more »
BMW’s fast charging strategy: Clarifying some nuanced announcements
Range anxiety: we’re not sure whether it’s a serious disease or a psychosomatic ailment, but it’s one of the most commonly-cited objections heard from potential EV buyers, and automakers take it quite seriously. All of the top EV-makers are investing heavily in public charging infrastructure in an effort to eradicate this dreaded malady. At the… Read more »
Studies indicate that EVSE and shade structures could attract prime customers
Public charging and parking have a symbiotic relationship, for obvious reasons. A number of companies in the charging field are forging business relationships with parking providers, which may be large employers, owners of commercial, residential or government properties or third-party operators of paid parking facilities. Most of us devote surprisingly little thought to parking, considering… Read more »
No Charge to Charge your new LEAF in Los Angeles
Nissan will add Los Angeles to its No Charge to Charge promotion, a program that offers two years of free public charging with the purchase or lease of a new LEAF. The program will launch at Nissan LEAF dealers in the Los Angeles market on August 15, and LEAF owners who purchased or leased their… Read more »
ChargePoint (sort of) back in the picture as Nissan launches No Charge to Charge program
Nissan has launched its No Charge to Charge program, which offers new LEAF buyers (and lessees) two years of free public charging, in 10 metro areas around the country. These 10 markets have around 2,600 public charging stations, including over 200 quick chargers. Nissan plans to expand the deal to at least 15 more US… Read more »
Will Nissan’s No Charge to Charge program drive LEAF sales?
Image above courtesy of WSDOT/Flickr Nissan and NRG eVgo have pioneered a multi-network consortium to make topping up the bestselling EV a considerable re-LEAF. When Nissan last graced the Charged cover (March/April 2013 issue), the company was picking itself up and dusting itself off. Its LEAF had taken a shellacking in the press after the… Read more »