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Why One LEAF-Driving Cop Can't Drive Straight Home After Work Anymore

Plugs and Cars

But now they are back on the fence, holding off on getting a plug-in car. Bill lives a good 60 miles from San Francisco, so he needs to get some juice to make his trip home after work. Perhaps he figured electric cars are such duds it wouldn’t be long before Bill got a regular car.

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Coulomb, MasterCard, and the future of public charging

Plugs and Cars

The charge stations and installations were paid for with federal stimulus and California Energy Commission grants won by Coulomb. If you are a consumer, and you get a Volt, Smart, or Ford electric car, you probably qualify for a free home charge station. Free Juice Bar explicitly sells charge stations to offer free power.

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Keepin' it simple

Plugs and Cars

If a complete overnight charge is the goal, 120V will still suffice for a Volt, but a 240V EVSE will be essential for most who buy an all-electric car. They’ve kept my LEAF juiced, after all. Something Ecotality couldn’t do even with $100 million in federal grant money. The result will be simple, safe and cheap.

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