Murphy Express in Tennessee becomes first gas station to install Level 3 quick-charger

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, USA
Stemming from an agreement signed back in September of 2010, Eaton Corporation and Murphy Oil USA have revealed what’s believed to be the nation’s first Level 3 quick-charge unit installed at, wait for it, a gas station.
The Eaton DC Quick Charger, installed at
Murphy Express Gas on Lee Highway in Chattanooga, TN, can [...]

Video: Volvo goes street in a Swiss train station with S60 graffiti art car

Filed under: Sedan, Europe, Videos, Volvo, Design/Style

Volvo S60 graffiti art car – Click above to watch the video after the jump

The concept of the art car may be one that’s been historically championed by BMW in particular, but it isn’t the Bavarian automaker’s alone. Recent years have seen McLaren, Infiniti, Bentley, Citroën, Rinspeed, Tesla and [...]

SunHydro opens public-use hydrogen refueling station in Connecticut

Filed under: Hydrogen

Late last week, startup firm SunHydro opened what it claims is the nation’s first public-use hydrogen refueling station. We suspect that SunHydro’s play on words allows it claim that this station, unlike the roughly 70 other H2 stations nationwide, is somehow different and thus justifies its claim of “nation’s first,” but we just [...]

Coulomb CT500 Level II home charging station now available

Coulomb Technologies announced that its CT500 Level II (208-240 volts at 30 amps) residential charging station is now available for purchase. The CT500 is a single-output, 7.2-kilowatt charging station featuring the J1772 plug-in connection and networking capabilities.
With the addition of the CT500, Coulomb’s charging options now run the gamut from the basic home charging unit [...]

Coulomb Technologies opens first Manhattan electric vehicle charging station

Filed under: EV/Plug-in
Coulomb Technologies opened its first public electric vehicle charging station in Manhattan this week as part of the ChargePoint America program. Under a Department of Energy-funded program, Coulomb and other charging station manufacturers are installing thousands of outlets in cities around the United States. The new Manhattan station has been installed in an [...]

Fontastic! Artist creates font based on Volvo 240 Station Wagon

Filed under: Classics, Wagon, Etc., Volvo, Design/Style

Times New Roman? That’s for boring people. Graphic artist Alex George is clearly not a boring person. We know this because his love for the the timelessly awesome, relentlessly bulletproof, and “absolutely candid” Volvo 240 Station Wagon spawned what you see above. This, friends, is a font based [...]