Toyota Prius camper conversion has us charging for the woods

Filed under: Hybrid, Etc., Hatchback, Toyota, Tokyo Auto Salon, Specialty, Design/Style

Love it or hate it, Toyota has done an impressive job with the Prius. What started as a single model has grown to a whole family, including the versatile new Prius V minivan. But for some even that won’t prove enough space, so Japanese conversion [...]

Qualcomm aquires HaloIPT, announces London wireless charging trial

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, UK

Over the past year and a half, HaloIPT has been working hard at moving inductive power transfer – a wireless charging technology – from the labs at the University of Auckland where it was developed into actual vehicles, such as the Rolls Royce 102 EX. Apparently they’ve been doing something [...]

Why 110-volt charging makes sense for some plug-in vehicle drivers

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet

This question should be on the FAQ for new plug-in vehicle owners: should I shell out $2,000 for a wall-mounted 240-volt charging station that can fully recharge my electrified vehicle in approximately eight hours, or will a much less costly 110-volt setup suffice?
While there’s no set-in-stone answer to this question, Dave [...]

Is Costco really removing plug-in vehicle charging stations?

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture

Recently, dissent has been bubbling up on plug-in vehicle discussion forums recently about Costco’s anti-electric vehicle nerve. Specifically, the shopping center giant has reportedly been removing a bunch of already-installed plug-in vehicle chargers at some California store locations. Plug In America responded with an action alert that saw hundreds of plug-in [...]

Select IKEA stores to get Blink charging stations

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, USA

What goes well with Scandinavian modern style furniture? How about Blink charging stations? Yep, that’s right. IKEA, the world’s largest furniture retailer, has teamed with ECOtality to get Blink charging stations installed at ten of its stores out west by as early as fall 2011.
ECOtality will be in charge of installing the [...]

Video: Check out Barcelona’s electric motorcycle, scooter charging infrastructure

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, On Two Wheels, Europe/EU

Charging stations in Barcelona, Spain – Click above to watch video after the jump

Motorcycles and scooters, on average, don’t burn a lot of fuel to move alone, but, according to Fair Companies, the two-wheelers are up to ten times dirtier than today’s cleanest batch of gas-fueled automobiles. So, to [...]

LA will offer 1,000 resident $2,000 off home charging stations for electric cars

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, USA
Last week, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced a pilot program to ease the burden on plug-in vehicle owners by providing charging station rebates of up to $2,000. The value of the rebate will depend on the type of charger and equipment installed and is apparently limited to the first 1,000 [...]

Google Maps adds electric vehicle charging stations

Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, USA

Google Maps shows charging stations near San Francisco, CA

Last week and without much fanfare, Google added plug-in vehicle charging station locations to its U.S. mapping service. In a blog post on March 9th, the Internet search giant said that it had teamed up with the U.S. government’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory [...]

10,000 vending machine/plug-in vehicle charging stations coming to Japan by 2012

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Japan

Japan’s fascination with vending machines is likely unmatched. As of 2008, 5.5 million vending machines were installed across the island nation and those machines, unlike the ones here in the U.S., don’t merely dispense candy bars and soda pop. Some of Japan’s vending machines sell exotic items like live crabs and heads [...]

Vegan Juice: PETA to advertise on EV charging stations?

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, USA
It would seem that PETA is thinking that electric car drivers might be the same who’d rather go naked than wear fur… or something like that. In any case, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is urging the City of Boston to place ads with green eggs and ham chickens that [...]

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