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Missed Charge Station Opportunity in San Francisco

Plugs and Cars

Seventeen Avcons eligible for replacement are located at San Francisco city-owned parking lots. These ClipperCreek chargers would be simple to use - just park and plug in. The CEC grant is restricted to the replacement of legacy units. No card to swipe, no phone call to make, no network to join. What's the problem?

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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 The first nine communities to participate are: Sacramento, Los Angeles the San Francisco Bay-San Jose area, New York City, Orlando, Austin, Detroit, Washington and Redmond, Wash. A $2,000 value!).

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

Plugs and Cars

I wrote back in December about my unhappy experience attempting to charge my loaner LEAF at San Francisco City Hall's electric car charging stations. A threat taken seriously in San Francisco. But one shouldn't have to know Bob to plug in your new car. The situation is similarly bleak in Southern California.

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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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