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In CA there is a another "battle" for who's in charge (pun).
Discord Over Regulation of Car Charging - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com
With electric cars set to hit the mass market next year, a skirmish is breaking out in California over who will control the state’s electric vehicle infrastructure.
The world loves to be deceived.
More on Infrastructure.
Ecotality's eTec
Spotlight on EV Charging Infrastructure Company eTec - All Cars Electric"We’ve got like 5000 chargers deployed throughout North America in industrial applications," he said.Level 3 chargers typically can out put 40 kw at 200 amps. He notes a charger like that could fully recharge a Nissan LEAF's 24 kw of usable energy in about 40 minutes. He also notes these chargers cost about $20,000 to $40,000 each, which incidentally is the same as the price of a typical gas station pump.
Coulomb
A Car Charging Infrastructure Takes Shape - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com
Nissan Leaf, eTec
Scrambling to Prepare Charging Infrastructure for the Nissan LEAF - All Cars Electric
Last edited by vfx; 10-14-2009 at 09:06 AM.
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Washington is one of five states with metro markets selected to participate in the 36-month study funded by a $100 million grant from the Department of Energy under the economic recovery program.
About 1,000 of the nearly 5,000 Nissan zero-emission electric vehicles, dubbed the LEAF, will be deployed to cities around central Puget Sound. More than 2,000 charging stations will be installed mostly in homes, but also in public and commercial areas.
Sound cars about to get plugged in | Northwest News - The News Tribune | Seattle-Tacoma News, Weather, Sports, Jobs, Homes and Cars | South Puget Sound's Destination
“We are still in the early generations,” he said. When that happens, he said, the project is “very seriously considering” an electric corridor stretching along Interstate 5 between Eugene and Seattle, with an eventual extension to Vancouver, B.C. Recharging stations would be available along the corridor.
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The first corridor that will be developed runs between Phoenix and Tucson in Arizona, a distance of just over 100 miles. Other corridors could be developed between San Diego and Los Angeles and Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga in Tennessee. Reed said a corridor running along I-5 between San Diego and Vancouver, B.C., might not be possible because there are no major population centers in far northern California and southern Oregon.
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Found by following links in the article above:Originally Posted by vfx
Plug In America
SB 626 Senate Bill - CHAPTEREDPlug In America commends Gov. Schwarzenegger for signing SB626 into law on Monday (10/12). This measure, authored by Sen. Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego), will accelerate the market for plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles by supporting the development of charging infrastructure for these vehicles.
For example:The commission, in consultation with the Energy
Commission, State Air Resources Board, electrical corporations, and
the motor vehicle industry, shall evaluate policies to develop
infrastructure sufficient to overcome any barriers to the widespread
deployment and use of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles.
(d) The existing code and permit requirements that will impact the
widespread use of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles and any
recommended changes to existing legal impediments to the widespread
use of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles.
Scare, scare, scare and scare.
electric cars may result in higher power rates for consumers in the state,Southern California Edison, the state’s largest, have to install new transformers and meters to handle greater demand and prevent blackouts when autos are being charged at outlets.How much do we spend each day on oil?The spending may total “multiple billions” of dollars over a decade or more
A typical Santa Monica circuit, which serves about 10 households, may be overloaded should two or three of those customers charge vehicles simultaneously, even if they do so overnight during off-peak hours,“If all those people do it at off hours, in the middle of the night, a lot of our system is designed so the transformers cool down at night,” Craver said. “That’s part of how they are able to function at full capacity during the day.”Nobody asked for recovery of costs when everyone started buying Plasma TVs...Expenses will start next year for plug-in “readiness efforts, and will require a reasonable process for seeking recovery of these costs,”
The second half is more even but after all the above it's too little, too late.
Last edited by vfx; 10-27-2009 at 10:26 AM.
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Well the first public EV charging "station" was recently unveiled in NYC (in Manhattan: 9th ave between 35th and 36th streets). It's one of the Level II Coloumb units in a parking lot. Hopefully a quick charge station will get installed soon!
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