Tesla Motors Club Forum > General Forum > Technical Charging Infrastructure User Name Remember Me? Password Technical Discussion about the Technical Side of Electric Cars Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 > Last »   LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes Charging Infrastructure 10-14-2009, 08:41 AM   #1 vfx ERIC VFX     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CA Posts: 4,632 Charging Infrastructure In CA there is a another "battle" for who's in charge (pun). Discord Over Regulation of Car Charging - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com Quote: 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.   10-14-2009, 09:00 AM   #2 vfx ERIC VFX     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CA Posts: 4,632 More on Infrastructure. Ecotality's eTec Spotlight on EV Charging Infrastructure Company eTec - All Cars Electric Quote: "We’ve got like 5000 chargers deployed throughout North America in industrial applications," he said. Quote: 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 __________________ . . . . . . The world loves to be deceived. Last edited by vfx; 10-14-2009 at 09:06 AM..   10-19-2009, 08:42 PM   #3 vfx ERIC VFX     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CA Posts: 4,632 Quote: 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 Quote: “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. ... 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. __________________ . . . . . . The world loves to be deceived.   10-21-2009, 05:10 PM   #4 Norbert Member   Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 72 Quote: Originally Posted by vfx A Car Charging Infrastructure Takes Shape - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com Found by following links in the article above: Plug In America Quote: Plug 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. SB 626 Senate Bill - CHAPTERED Quote: 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. For example: Quote: (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.   10-25-2009, 11:12 PM   #5 TEG Tesla Fan     Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,952 Top Down Auto Blog : Nissan races to install electric-car chargers   10-25-2009, 11:27 PM   #6 TEG Tesla Fan     Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,952 California Electric-Cars Push May Raise Power Costs (Update2) - Bloomberg.com   10-25-2009, 11:32 PM   #7 TEG Tesla Fan     Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,952 S.F. gets $1M for electric car charging - San Francisco Business Times:   10-27-2009, 10:18 AM   #8 vfx ERIC VFX     Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CA Posts: 4,632 Quote: Originally Posted by TEG California Electric-Cars Push May Raise Power Costs (Update2) - Bloomberg.com Scare, scare, scare and scare. Quote: electric cars may result in higher power rates for consumers in the state, Quote: 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. Quote: The spending may total “multiple billions” of dollars over a decade or more How much do we spend each day on oil? Quote: 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, Quote: “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.” Quote: Expenses will start next year for plug-in “readiness efforts, and will require a reasonable process for seeking recovery of these costs,” Nobody asked for recovery of costs when everyone started buying Plasma TVs... The second half is more even but after all the above it's too little, too late. __________________ . . . . . . The world loves to be deceived. Last edited by vfx; 10-27-2009 at 10:26 AM..   10-27-2009, 11:06 AM   #9 doug Head Moderator     Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stanford, California Posts: 3,605 ^^^^ Just sounds like a ploy for (more?) federal funds.   10-27-2009, 12:09 PM   #10 dpeilow Super Moderator     Join Date: May 2008 Location: Winchester, UK Posts: 2,961 Quote: “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.” That sounds like BS if ever I heard it.   Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 > Last » Bookmarks del.icio.us Digg StumbleUpon Google « Previous Thread | Next Thread » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules All times are GMT -7. 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