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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

Plus installation. My installation was pretty simple, so it cost me nothing. As I write on July 13th I’ve recently been contacted by the contractor who installed the unit, but I’m still waiting for the service call. They’ve kept my LEAF juiced, after all. Need it cost this much? Something about firmware, they said.

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