Plugs and Cars
APRIL 29, 2011
Four electric vehicle charging stations were unveiled today at a new parking structure in downtown South San Francisco. The Coulomb J-plug/120V units were installed under grants to ChargePoint America (DOE and CEC money). For the time being, there is no charge for either the parking or charging for vehicles that plug in.
Plugs and Cars
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
Friday November 22, 2013 Today I met a San Francisco cop. We chatted while he finished charging his LEAF at the recently installed Quick Charger at the new Market Street Whole Foods in San Francisco. But now they are back on the fence, holding off on getting a plug-in car. I''ll call him Officer Bill. But I dream.
Plugs and Cars
MARCH 3, 2011
I wrote back in December about my unhappy experience attempting to charge my loaner LEAF at San Francisco City Hall's electric car charging stations. A threat taken seriously in San Francisco. But one shouldn't have to know Bob to plug in your new car. The situation is similarly bleak in Southern California.
Plugs and Cars
APRIL 11, 2011
A few more J-plugs have appeared in the San Francisco Bay Area, tho I challenge you to find out where they are. The units I found quite accidentally are Free Juice Bar dual-connector units. So for all that I like about the Free Juice Bar business model, this is one case where they are not a model to follow.
Plugs and Cars
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Coulomb Technologies unveiled San Francisco's first ChargePoint America charge stations yesterday in a Priority Parking lot along the Embarcadero. Free Juice Bar explicitly sells charge stations to offer free power. The question isn't whether drivers of plug-in cars deserve free power. Obviously not.
Plugs and Cars
APRIL 28, 2011
Jay Friedland, Plug In America Legislative Director, followed in a RAV4 EV with some more profs, who had come to learn about California's EV efforts. Lo and behold, we spy two Coulomb J-plug/120V units, one with a plug-in Prius conversion plugged in. The other unit however, was in working order and I plugged the LEAF in.
Cars That Think
MARCH 18, 2022
A side benefit could be plugging in appliances to the car while camping rough. And plenty of technology remains left to be worked out: including the complex supporting infrastructure, business models, and various forms of electric plugs and chargers, alongside their sometimes confounding range of pin configurations.
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