In his 12th and final State of the City address last week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced plans to expand the city’s EV fleet and encourage a massive rollout of public chargers.
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Honda to lease a Fit EV or two in selected East Coast markets
Honda has announced that its 2013 Fit EV will be available for lease in selected markets in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, New York, and New Jersey later this month.
Tesla/Times tiff turns tedious
It’s an epic battle, folks, and fight fans are the big winners. The New York Times stands by its statement that Tesla’s super-sedan Model S ran out of juice on a snowy test drive. Tesla says the media behemoth set it up, and staged the whole thing. On the face of it, both scenarios feel wrong…. Read more »
New program lets buyers finance AeroVironment Level 2 chargers along with a vehicle
AeroVironment’s turnkey package includes its EVSE-RS Level 2 240 Volt residential charging station, along with installation by a licensed electrician.
European Union official says chargers are the chicken for the EV egg
European Union Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard has come out in strong support of a pending plan to deploy 795,000 charging points in the EU by 2020, the Copenhagen Post reported. The proposal must be approved by the European Parliament and all 27 member states before it goes into effect. “We can finally end the discussion… Read more »
Energy Secretary Chu poses the Workplace Charging Challenge to US employers
Thirteen major US employers and eight “stakeholder groups” have joined the DOE’s new Workplace Charging Challenge.
Musk: Boeing batteries “inherently unsafe”
Well, what a surprise – Elon Musk is in the news again. A few days ago, he offered to help out beleaguered Boeing, whose pride and joy, the new 787 Dreamliner, has been grounded because of its battery pack problems. Now Musk has criticized the Dreamliner’s battery design as “inherently unsafe,” in an email to… Read more »
Pennsylvania extends EV rebate program
Vehicles with a battery system capacity of 10 kWh or more are eligible for the $3,000 rebate amount.
Fisker’s Future: Tony Posawatz on moving the start-up ‘onward’
The feisty California start-up looks to break free of its growing pains and hit cruise control on the Atlantic.
Stuck in the MUD: Multi-unit dwellings present major obstacles to EV ownership
The San Francisco Bay Area is widely considered ripe with potential for early and widespread adoption of EVs. Area residents are generally progressive, environmentally concerned, and technologically literate. The area was an epicenter of electric vehicle deployment during California’s earlier EV Mandate era, and nearly 50 years ago the Electric Auto Association was founded by… Read more »

