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

Plugs and Cars

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.

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Coulomb, MasterCard, and the future of public charging

Plugs and Cars

Coulomb Technologies unveiled San Francisco's first ChargePoint America charge stations yesterday in a Priority Parking lot along the Embarcadero. The charge stations and installations were paid for with federal stimulus and California Energy Commission grants won by Coulomb. Nissan LEAF buyers are excluded. But for whom?

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Who knew?

Plugs and Cars

A few more J-plugs have appeared in the San Francisco Bay Area, tho I challenge you to find out where they are. And probably not cheap. They are not listed on the DOE funded charge station project sites. Not on ChargePoint America/Coulomb's c harge station map. Nor on The EV Project/Ecotality's m ap.

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Keepin' it simple

Plugs and Cars

Plug-in cars are being delivered at long last. Is it as complex and time-consuming a process as has been experienced by many new owners of plug-in cars? Is it as complex and time-consuming a process as has been experienced by many new owners of plug-in cars? All plug-in cars these days come with a 120-volt charge cord.

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