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LEAF sales shine where infrastructure lives

May 19, 2013
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West Coast strength proves infrastructure helps sales This week Nissan announced that LEAF sales passed the 25,000 mark in the US and over 60,000 worldwide. Recognizing that electric vehicle (EV) sales drive infrastructure build-out, Nissan also acknowledges that infrastructure build-out drives EV sales. “We’ve also learned how infrastructure plays a role in a consumer’s decision to [...]

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Nissan’s 500 quick charger installations

May 8, 2013
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Dealership installations underway in Southern California Back in January we wrote about Nissan’s plan to install 500 quick charge stations around the country in 18 months (found here). Details then were sketchy, and when we reached out to Nissan recently we got little more to go on. Asking our contact at Nissan about Nissan’s plans [...]

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Kroger to install DC Fast Chargers along with Level 2

April 8, 2013
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  New markets include Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Diego Kroger is expanding from 74 installed charge stations to almost 300, including 25 DC Fast Chargers and 200 Level 2 stations. Previous installations included Oregon, Washington, and Texas. New installations will include 125 locations in Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Diego. “As plug-in electric and [...]

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CARWINGS adds ChargePoint for 2013

March 27, 2013

Over 11,000 Charging Stations added One feature added to CARWINGS for the 2013 LEAF was the addition of the ChargePoint charging network to the onboard navigation display. LEAF drivers can see station location, availability, pricing and get directions should they choose to use a ChargePoint station. This could be a useful addition as the ChargePoint [...]

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ChargePoint and Blink to offer interoperability

March 8, 2013
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Belong to one network, get access to the other In yet another innovation in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, two of the largest EV charge networks have developed a company that will allow the members of one network to use the other networks facilities. This opens the way to a much more convenient ownership experience [...]

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70 Nissan LEAF taxis show capability in Mexico

February 13, 2013
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20 in Mexico City – 50 in Aguascalientes We’re not quite sure how we missed this when these LEAFs were first deployed in Mexico as taxis, but they have now been in service for over a year. Not only have they been successfully placed into service as purveyors of people, but they have helped to [...]

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Nissan to add 500 DC quick charge stations in 18 months

January 31, 2013
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Nissan to take three prong approach – Dealers, Workplaces and Neighborhoods Nissan announced a partnership with NRG Energy, along with its subsidiary company eVgo®, to install 40 DC quick charge stations in the Washington, D.C. area. This will be the first quick charge network in the area. This installation will be the first of a [...]

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California buys 10 Nissan LEAFs for its fleet

December 26, 2012
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State also makes public charging stations available In January of 2011 California Governor Jerry Brown signed an Executive Order mandating reduction of unneeded state owned fleet vehicles, and eliminating the purchase of new vehicles, with the exception of those needed for critical services, health, safety or security of the public. By July of that year, [...]

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Three pending bills could help California EV drivers

September 18, 2012
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State could make EV ownership more attractive alternative than conventional vehicle ownership Three Assembly Bills put forth by Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield have been approved by the legislature and await the Governor’s signature. Assembly Bill 2502 will ease the initial cost of electric vehicle (EV) acquisition by including the cost of the charging equipment into the [...]

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Kohl’s adds more EV charging capacity

September 9, 2012
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Charging stations now in fourteen states Kohl’s Department Stores has just announced the installation of 36 additional charging stations in 18 additional locations by later this fall. This will bring the count to over 100 charging docks in 52 locations over 14 states. These charging stations will be available to Kohl’s customers at no charge [...]

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