How electric vehicle chargers will be like fire hydrants

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Green Culture , AutoblogGreen Exclusive Companies working to build streetside electric vehicle chargers face a lot of obstacles.

Study: 4.7 million EV chargers coming worldwide by 2015

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Green Daily According to a new study conducted by Pike Research , the number of electric vehicle (EV) charge points across the globe will reach 4.7 million by 2015.

Want to reduce your stress and live a slower-pace lifestyle? Drive an electric car

Filed under: Etc. , EV/Plug-in , Green Daily Tesla Roadster - Click above for high res. image gallery Can electric vehicles effectively reduce stress and lead to a slower-pace lifestyle

Greenlings: What realistic electric vehicle recharge options are there for apartment dwellers?

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , AutoblogGreen Exclusive , Green Daily , Greenlings One of the challenges to making electric vehicles (EVs) “work” in the real world is figuring out how, where and when to recharge them. If you have a garage, then those questions kind of answer themsleves.

SunPods make solar electric vehicle charging quick and easy (to install)

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Solar While solar panels are not yet efficient enough to plop down on an electric vehicle’s roof and charge as you go, the idea of powering an EV with the sun is tremendously appealing. A new system called SP-300 EV Plug-N-Go by SunPods is currently being used in San Jose to collect the sun’s rays for use in plug-in vehicles. SunPods are “world’s first transportable, modular, integrated solar powered electric vehicle charging station, ready to power up on delivery.” What this means is that solar charging is now towable, and companies could offer totally emission-free EV power on demand, without major installation issues

Seattle electric vehicle advocates ready for new charging infrastructure, federal investment

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Legislation and Policy , Green Daily 2010 Nissan Leaf EV - Click above for hi-res image gallery When Nissan announced the cities where the first 5,000 Nissan Leafs would be sold - Tennessee, Oregon, San Diego, Seattle and the Phoenix/Tucson region in Arizona - it picked those areas for their likely high rates of electric vehicle adoption. The local Seattle news site Seattle PI (the remnants of the once-printed Post-Intelligencer) took a look at the lay of the land to see if the city is ready for a thousand new EVs. One bit that caught our eye was a mention of the 230 members of the local Electric Vehicle Association chapter - the nation’s largest

UK electronics retailer Comet offers free EV charging [w/VIDEO]

One of the big arguments that EV proponents make against the concept of range anxiety is that businesses and public parking areas can install charging stations allowing drivers to top up when parked.

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