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The Workplace Charging Challenge 28 Jul 2013 | 05:10 am
It’s been one full year since first Tesla S deliveries began. In the luxury car market you can feel that the ground has begun to shift. After numerous awards and accolades, it seems fair to say that t...
Workplace Charging 101: Level 1 4 Jul 2012 | 05:41 am
The big EV news of the month was the first Tesla S deliveries. For luxury car buyers, the ground has shifted. Buying the best car now means buying the electric car. And given the range, workplace char...
What's it gonna take? 4 Apr 2012 | 01:27 pm
It just might be up to us. Sales of plug-in cars are steady, but not overwhelming. The Volt has had to contend with the overblown battery fire incident and the production hiatus. Fisker is deliverin....
What's up with public charging? 15 Mar 2012 | 04:34 am
The car landscape of America is changing. Some places have plug-in cars. Some places have public charge stations. Some places are lucky enough to have both. The USDOE counts over 5500 public charge ....
Dong slams the box in the Danish electric car adventure 12 Oct 2011 | 05:45 am
Google translate sure knows how write a headline. Seems the deal between Better Place and its Danish partner Dong Energy has gone south. BP Denmark has gone through the initial investment of 400 mill...
Missing EV opportunity: Sell Cool 29 Sep 2011 | 05:08 am
Huffington Post blogger Carol Pierson Holding just got in her friend's LEAF. It's the coolness that impressed. Read it here.
Transmission Losses: Shell tries to halt North Sea oil spill 16 Aug 2011 | 04:45 am
"An oil spill in the North Sea is estimated to amount to several hundred tonnes, making it the biggest such leak in more than a decade, according to UK Government figures." "...the energy firm is sti...
What's the matter with Costco? 9 Aug 2011 | 05:05 am
Costco, the big box retailer, has for over a decade been the business with more electric vehicle charge stations in more places around California than any other. Put in service during California's Zer...
Keepin' it simple 14 Jul 2011 | 05:14 am
Plug-in cars are being delivered at long last. Yet there remains confusion about the necessary infrastructure and its expense. Electric Vehicle Service Equipment (EVSE) home wall units are priced at b...
Using leverage 30 Jun 2011 | 07:36 pm
To ensure effective and tough federal CAFE standards for 2017-2025, enviro groups are holding on to the California card - the state's right to set its own auto emissions standards - according to Jim M...