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ECOtality installs first DC fast charger in Tennessee

Green Car Congress

ECOtality and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store unveiled the first Blink Direct Current (DC) Fast Charger in Tennessee at the Lebanon Cracker Barrel location. This is the first of 12 Cracker Barrel locations statewide that will install DC Fast Chargers as a part of The EV Project.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

Several thousand Leafs made in Japan will be delivered to metropolitan areas in California, Arizona, Washington state, Oregon and Tennessee. will lead a “smart charging” pilot project, connecting 200 cars to special charging stations that let utilities control the electrical demand at a given moment. And later this year P.G.&E.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

“Electric vehicles could be connected to the grid and could store energy at times when too much is produced ? Unfortunately, there is very little specific funding for wireless transmission in the stimulus bill that was just signed by the USA President. and they could feed it back into the grid when there’s not enough.&#

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