74 New Chargers Added 24 hours to Saturday - April 13th, 2013 + News: Chargers Going in

Over the last 24 hours - there have been 63 New Public Chargers added to the PlugShare network, 4 Restricted Stations, 63 New Photos, and 7 New home stations being shared. 

The additions tracked are: 

• New Public Chargers Added = 48 Locations, 63 Chargers
• New Restricted Stations added = 3 Locations, 4 Chargers
• New Photos Added = 63
• New Home Stations Shared = 7

100  People Checked into Public EV Chargers today. A nice round number!

The last item counted today - was 'New Photo of City of Azusa Public Parking' 

Special thanks to David, NEMA 14 (University City, CA), Andy, Wall Plug (Ashland, OR), Daniel, EV Plug (Kennesaw, GA), Guillaume, EV Plug (Saint-Hubert), Carlene, EV Plug (Everett, WA), Bob, EV Plug (Grants Pass, OR - Pending Install), and Lionel, EV Plug, Wall Plug (Sainte-Sophie, QC), for sharing their Home stations access with us today! 

New Public Stations today, by Name & Location:

1. Harbour Quay, Port Alberni, BC - EV plug
2. Panda Corp, Rosemead, CA - EV Plug
3. Perry Sound KOA, Seguin, ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal)
4. Sacramento Memorial 5, Sacramento, CA - NEMA 14, EV Plug (+ CHAdeMO Quick Charge ?)
5. 1000 Islands, Kingston KOA, Kingston ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
6. 1000 Islands, Ivy Lea KOA, Landsdowne, ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
7. 1000 Islands, Mallorytown KOA, Mallorytown, ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
8. Ottawa South KOA, Cardinal, ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
9. Montreal West KOA, Coteau du Lac, QC - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
10. Montreal South KOA, St. Philippe de Laprarie, QC - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
11. Renfrew KOA, Renfrew, ON - NEMA 14 (Seasonal), $
12. Quebec City KOA, St. Nicolas, QC - NEMA 14 (Seasonal)
13. Commonwealth Place, Victoria, BC - EV Plug
14. HQ Headquarters, Montreal, QC - EV Plug, $
15. Anaheim West Tower Parking, Anaheim, CA - EV Plug x2, $
16. Wayne AAA Office, Wayne, PA - EV Plug x2, $
17. Main Line Animal Rescue, Phoenixville, PA - EV Plug x2, $
18. US Airways Flight Training Center, Phoenix, AZ - EV Plug x3, $
19. Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ - EV Plug x3, $
20. A-Life Medical, Sandiego, CA - EV Plug, $
21. Legacy Partners, Long Beach, CA - EV Plug x3, $
22. Smokey Mountain Brewry, Maryville, TN - EV Plug, $
23. Beam Charging - W 13th St., New York, NY - EV Plug, $
24. Beam Charging - 3rd Ave., New York, NY - EV Plug, $
25. Beam Charging - 1st Ave., New York, NY - EV Plug, $
26. Beam Charging - Allen St., New York, NY - EV Plug, $
27. Beam Charging - W 3rd St., New York, NY - EV Plug, $
28. NRC, Ottawa, ON - EV Plug
29. Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, Monterey CA - EV Plug, Wall Plug
30. 6th Ave. Parking Garage, Seattle WA - EV Plug x2
31. Campbell River Visitor Centre, BC - EV Plug
32. City of Campbell River Dogwood Operations Centre, Campbell River, BC - EV Plug
33. Capilano University, Lot 1, North Vancouver, BC - EV Plug
34. Convention Center, Santa Fe, NM - EV Plug, Wall Plug
35. UFV Abbotsford, Lot 10, Abbotsford, BC - EV Plug, $
36. Thorncrest Ford, Etobicoke, ON - EV Plug
37. Toronto Lester B Pearson International Airport - T1 - EV Plug, $
38. DTW Airport, Detroit, MI - EV Plug x2, $
39. DTW Airport, Romulus, MI - EV Plug x2, $
40. University of Fraser Valley, Lot 1 - EV Plug, $
41. WearTech, Anaheim, CA - EV Plug, Wall Plug
42. City Hall, Campbell River, BC - EV Plug
43. Tishman Speyer, Washington, DC - EV Plug
44. Poets Cove, Pender Island, BC - EV Plug
45. Pitt Meadows Airport, Pitt Meadows, BC - EV Plug
46. Bob Bath, Grants Pass, OR - (Residential EV Plug, a Duplicate of Home Station Bob - Above)
47. Charge Point at Safeway Village San Antonio Center, EV Plug, (Pending)
48. City of Temecula - Old Towne Garage, Temecula, CA - EV Plug x2

New Restricted Stations today, by Name & Location (where possible):

1. Lp122a, Sacramento, CA - EV Plug, CHAdeMO Quick Charger
2. Pearkes Recreation Centre, Victoria BC - EV Plug x2
3. TransEnergy Solutions, Portland, OR - EV Plug

As a Reminder - the $ indicated above means either Paid Charging, or Charging in Paid Parking areas. Either way - the information given states there is a fee to pay. It might be flat rate, or time based, or energy used based.

News Bits:

5,200 Public EV Charging Stations, 58 Hydrogen Fueling Stations. (@December 18, 2012)

We all have our own favorites when it comes to clean cars of the future. Since I am writing on this site, I think you can tell what mine is. However, there are of course others who think that hydrogen-powered cars own the future. I remember seeing an ad (I think from Ford) in a major magazine about 10 years ago that was about the beautiful fact that hydrogen-powered cars didn’t emit pollution, just water (and heat). 10 years later, I’m yet to see a fancy hydrogen-powered car… wait, actually, I did see one at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week — I guess I should say that I’m yet to see one on the road.

According to a recent report, there are only 58 hydrogen fueling stations in the US, compared to 5,621 public electric vehicle charging stations (as I’m writing this). I think the 58 number is for the end of 2012 (not that it has changed much since then), so in my title I used the December 18 US charging station total of 5,200 to be as...(MORE)

Kroger to Add 225 EV Charging Stations. April 10, 2013

The Kroger Co. and Ecotality will add more than 200 level 2 quick-charge electric vehicle charging stations and 25 DC fast chargers at Kroger supermarkets across the US.

The companies say the $1.5 million expansion will bring the total number of Ecotality’s Blink chargers at Kroger stores to almost 300.

Kroger says the EV charging stations will be installed at stores in markets with the highest demand, including Phoenix, San Diego and Los Angeles. These stations are in addition to 60 already installed in...(MORE)