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Category Archives: Electric Car
Free Period for Quick EV charging comes to a close
For sometime now charges have been levied for public 240v charging. The much faster 400v DC quick charging has remained free. Until now that is. Here is a copy of an email I received today Blink announced they are introducing … Continue reading
Posted in Blink, ChargePoint, Electric Car, eVgo, Level 2 EV Charger, Level 3 EV Charger, Opinion
Tagged Chatanooga, coda, fees, Franklin TN, gas station, gas taxes, Nashville, nissan, smyrna tn, supercharger, Tesla
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March 2013 sets several records for EV Sales
Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) set several sales records in March 2013. March was the best sales month ever for the Nissan LEAF which recorded 2236 sales. March was also the best month for the Tesla S electric vehicle with an … Continue reading
Hendersonville City Square adds 8 more EV charging stations
Hendersonville City Square Solar Center has recently added 8 more Blink EV charging stations to the two they already had for a grand total of 10 charging stations. The total number of EVSE’s in Hendersonville is 20, so the solar … Continue reading
Gas Stations are easier to find than EV Charging Stations
We took a trip to Portland TN today. Portland has two EV charging stations, at the City Hall and the city Ballpark. I dropped my wife off to get her hair cut and had half an hour to spend. I … Continue reading
Posted in Blink, Electric Car, Level 2 EV Charger, Nissan LEAF
Tagged gas station, John Broder, Portland TN, shell
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An Electric Car is like an iPad
An EV is to a car as an iPad is to a computer. You can’t do everything with an iPad that you can with a conventional computer, but once someone has used an iPad they tend to use it in … Continue reading
All Electric Garage
This weekend the White family went all electric. No we haven’t lost our minds, Karen’s Altima is in the shop and was retained over the weekend. We were offered and took a loaner vehicle. A LEAF of course The Altima’s … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Car, Level 2 EV Charger, Newton Nissan, Nissan LEAF, Test Drive
Tagged Altima, bombay palace, cars, loaner vehicles, Nashville, Pace Car
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Hard to find Charging Stations located at City Square
City Square in Hendersonville now has two electric vehicle charging stations. They are well hidden though. First indication I got of the stations was when I was driving down main street and saw on my navigation screen a charging station … Continue reading
Smokey the Bear drives a LEAF
I came across an interesting video on Youtube. It’s a story of how the black bear solar institute in the smoky mountains in Tennessee have installed 24 EV charging stations at key points around the national park to encourage EV … Continue reading
LEAF owners help others during Sandy aftermath
When the LEAF first started to sell, I remember reading on discussion forums that the LEAF made no sense, “Just wait until there is a major storm and you are without electric for a week or more”. Hurricane Sandy has … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Car
Tagged gasoline shortage, Hurricane Sandy, Long Island., New Jersey
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