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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. Juice flows. Take that every way it can be taken. This is exciting.

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Keepin' it simple

Plugs and Cars

Cost of upgrade: under $300. They’ve kept my LEAF juiced, after all. Something Ecotality couldn’t do even with $100 million in federal grant money. Rather, because I’ve had the 120V cordset provided with the car upgraded to 240V.

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