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4,400 Chevrolet Volt Owners to be Eligible for Free Home 240V Charging Stations

Green Car Congress

GM announced that the first buyers of the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle with extended-range capability will be eligible for one of 4,400 free home charging stations. The program will provide Volt owners with a 240-volt charge station from either ECOtality, Inc. or Coulomb Technologies.

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8 Reasons Government Grants Should Include Funding for Level 1 Charging Infrastructure

EV Adoption

To install 4-180 kW chargers can easily cost roughly $500,000-$800,000 depending on the hardware chosen. With the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill grants covering up to 80% of the cost of charging infrastructure projects, that means that a charging location with 8-180 kW chargers can easily cost taxpayers $1 million.

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Feds Offer Free Chargers

Revenge of the Electric Car

A new Federal Grant will enable many electric vehicle early adopters to get their chargers for free. (A said Mike Tinskey, manager of vehicle electrification and infrastructure at Ford. But some city dwellers are in luck, because a federal grant will allow them to get the charger for free. A $2,000 value!).

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Keepin' it simple

Plugs and Cars

Electric Vehicle Service Equipment (EVSE) home wall units are priced at between about $1000 and $2500. Need it cost this much? All plug-in cars these days come with a 120-volt charge cord. This will actually be sufficient for many if not most Volt drivers, and quite a few LEAF drivers. Cost of upgrade: under $300.

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NC Transportation Center

Plug In Partners

The school already conducts research into the development of the no-gas vehicles. Mike Easley said Tuesday that, depending on the support from federal grants, the state may give $5 million to start and $1 million annually to operate the Advanced Transportation Energy Center there. Easley said General Motors Corp.

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

Plugs and Cars

Parking in these Coulomb charge stations is restricted to city-owned vehicles and Car Share companies under threat of towing. Only half the story about public charging is providing juice: enabling drivers to extend the range of their vehicles beyond their night-time "fill-up" at home when necessary and overcoming newbie "range anxiety."

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

However, because of the duty cycle used by the Postal Service, which generally amounts to only about 18-20 miles per day on a fixed route, these vehicles are being built without the range extender seen on the concept. The Postal Service will be using the vehicles for whatever applications they have in different regions of the country.

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