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Nissan plans to add at least 500 quick-charging stations to US in next 18 months, tripling the quick-charging infrastructure

Green Car Congress

Nissan plans to triple the current electric vehicle quick-charging infrastructure in the United States with the addition of at least 500 quick-charging stations in the next 18 months, including the greater Washington DC area’s first fast-charge network. Nissan outlined the strategy at the Washington Auto Show. Earlier post.)

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Meanwhile, the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in car sharing services could be one way for automakers to promote this technology that is still struggling for traction in the marketplace. Some big players have jumped in and then retreated. The changes keep coming as illustrated in this recent update. trillion in 2026.”

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

Professor Robert Cervero, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California-Berkeley. For example, President Obama has issued the United States the challenge of having one million plug-in hybrids on the road by the end of 2015—a goal which many keynote speakers supported but also identified significant barriers to achieving.

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California announces it will ban the sale of New Gasoline Cars

Setec Powerr

Recently, the California Air Resources Board voted to adopt a new regulation. Decided to completely ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in California from 2035, when all new vehicles must be an electric or plug-in hybrid. At the same time, the regulations only allow 20% of zero-emission vehicles to be plug-in hybrids.

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The lowly refuse truck offers the perfect use case for electrification

Charged EVs

Again, it really depends, but in the neighborhood of between 70 and 100 miles. Route length really depends, but in the neighborhood of between 70 and 100 miles. Mack Trucks has been building refuse vehicles for decades, so it’s no surprise to find that the company is now building an electric refuse truck.

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A Well Earned, Guilt Free #YearOfJoe

Creative Greenius

Ladies and gentlemen your friendly neighborhood Greenius has hit the wall. I came to California in 1976 to be an actor and quickly discovered that I had a face for writing. Wrote eight screenplays no one wanted to turn into movies, but kept studying and developing my talents as a writer and kept plugging away. I am dog tired.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids into a row of charging stations. And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. February 15, 2010.