Fiat has selected AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) as the preferred provider and installer of home charging stations for its new 500e. Fiat is the fifth EV manufacturer to choose AeroVironment as its home charging partner. To date, the company has deployed more than 12,000 charging stations in North America. The Fiat-branded, UL-listed Level 2 charging station can… Read more »
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Taxing EVs: no gas means no gas tax
The electric car may have come back from the dead, but it won’t escape life’s other inevitability How do we pay for the highway system? The roads don’t build themselves, in fact they cost a ton of money to construct and maintain. In the US, most of the money comes from gasoline taxes, which have… Read more »
The Ocean State gets 50 new charging stations
Rhode Island will install a network of up to 50 EV charging stations over the next three months, and will begin converting the state fleet to alternative fuel vehicles, thanks to a joint effort of the state and federal governments, charging station installer ChargePoint and electric utility National Grid. “Supporting electric vehicle transportation in Rhode… Read more »
Retroactive federal tax credit now available for EV charging stations
If we’re going to drive off a cliff, at least we can do so with our batteries fully charged. As part of the agreement that slammed on the brakes just short of the so-called “fiscal cliff,” the federal government reinstated a tax credit for EV charging stations that had expired at the end of 2011…. Read more »
Tesla opens its first Supercharger stations on the East Coast
The new stations are located at highway rest areas in Milford CT and Wilmington DE. The company plans to install more stations along the Northeastern corridor in the future.
Florida company brings EV charging stations to the Big Apple
The stations will be located in multi-residential buildings and monthly parking garages, and will use Coulomb’s Level 2 chargers powered by the ChargePoint Network.
New York State awards $4.4 million to build 325 public charging stations
The project is supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the US DOE.
AAA adds EV charging stations to its digital maps
Using the TripTik Travel Planner on AAA.com, or the TripTik mobile app for smartphones, EV drivers can locate more than 2,000 public chargers across the US.
Green fund makes big investment in Russian charging stations
Add Russia to the growing list of countries that are rolling out ambitious EV charging networks. Enerfund, a Florida-based private equity firm that focuses on advanced energy sources and EVs, announced a partnership this week with Revolta, a Russian developer of charging infrastructure and other EV-related projects. Enerfund plans to invest up to 1.5… Read more »
Eaton Corp’s Pow-R-Stations hook up with Coulomb’s ChargePoint Network
Coulomb's ChargePoint Network includes service plans, automated billing and payment processing, 24/7 driver support and services that show real-time station availability.