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Keepin' it simple

Plugs and Cars

Need it cost this much? How full is the battery when it gets parked? For most folks most of the time, chances are the battery isn’t near empty when it gets plugged in, perhaps at work, perhaps at home after work. And the cost to the consumer to enable the 120V cordset? Plus installation. And where are you going next?

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The trials of public charging, part 2 (of many to come)

Plugs and Cars

Unfortunately there are still damn few J-plugs (the new standard for plug-in cars) publicly deployed, despite the expectations created by the federal grants to the EVProject (Ecotality) and ChargePoint America (Coulomb) and ex-Mayor Newsom here in San Francisco. There is a cost to charging. Juice flows. This is exciting.