If the standards-based charging networks, and the automakers other than Tesla Motors, are to have a chance, standards-based high-power charging stations like what ABB just unveiled must exist. The Tesla Supercharger network is ingenious only in the forethought exhibited by Tesla Motors to invest in a widespread high power DC…
We don’t think of the Midwest as a hotbed of electric vehicle activity, do we?  In actuality, the Kansas City area has had electric vehicle owners for 20 years or more.  Over the last couple years, the local electrical utility (Kansas City Power and Light) has built up an impressive…
Yesterday, a post by John Voelcker of Green Car Reports noted that General Motors has no intention to invest in building fast charging infrastructure.  He had been able to attend a meeting between the press and GM at CES last week.  Several GM executives agreed, no support by GM to…
Audi seems to have a clue — for long range electric cars to succeed, there must be a widespread fast charging network offering charging rates well above 100 kiloWatts.  Tesla Motors has demonstrated with its Supercharger network that the combination of 70 kiloWatt-hours or more energy, and 120 kiloWatt charging,…
Tesla Motors electric cars use a proprietary charging plug.  Adapters are available from Tesla Motors allowing owners of their cars to use public charging stations built with standard charging plugs (J1772, Mennekes, CHAdeMO).  Tesla Motors is also deploying charging stations, both fast charging and destination charging, to locations around the…
Today two different car makers announced expansion of their electric vehicle charging station programs.  We applaud any increase in charging station deployments, because there is a crying need to switch to electric drive, and more charging stations is an essential necessary step.  However, the charging stations aren’t being deployed for public use, but for…
From: Plug in EV Handbook for Public Charging Station Hosts http://www.afdc.energy.gov/pdfs/51227.pdf Plug in EV Handbook for Public Charging Station Hosts
May 2013 Roadmap for the standardization of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and the electric vehicle service provider business. This is an ongoing living document used by ANSI to coordinate standardization work between all the companies in the electric vehicle service provider space. These companies include component makers (Eaton, Schneider Electric,…
