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Charging Infrastructure
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ljbad4life
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Well the first public EV charging "station" was recently unveiled in NYC (in Manhattan: 9th ave between 35th and 36th streets). It's one of the Level II Coloumb units in a parking lot. Hopefully a quick charge station will get installed soon!
Sorry, no criticism to NYC, kudos! actually, and "THANK YOU, NYC!" ... but the "first public EV charging station" was probably installed 100+ years ago. The first public charging station of the "modern era" was (most likely) installed in California during the 1990s for the second wave of EVs. The first public charging station of the current wave of EVs ? Well, that depends. It could refer to the new Tesla specific one installed in Woodland, CA in April 2009 (see here). But to be fair across the board ... if we are looking for the first current J1772 universal-standard Level 2 (with a useful 240V) public charging station in the USA ... look no further than May 3, 2010 in Woodland, CA (again! (Ignore the Woodside reference; it was Woodland.) Also can see it here.).
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ljbad4life
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Well I meant the first public charging station for evs in nyc. I misstated, but thanks for the ran anyway. Thanks for crapping on the ONLY public charging station in the North East at the current moment. Not everyone is privileged to live in magical CA or have an EV that can time travel back to the first EV charging station 100 years ago :wink:
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ljbad4life
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Surprisingly GM added NYC as a launch market for the Chevy Volt. It looks like no EV (other?..) will launch in the North East until the Tesla Model S in 2012 (if it's early 2012). The Leaf might just make it in 2011 (late), but at this point and time Nissan requires a home charger to buy, so that makes it rough for a large section of the market here! I forgot about the Fisker Karma....Like I said:
I am glad it's spreading ! Not much time left before the Volts, LEAFs, Focii, etc want to use these stationsJust wished Nissan and GM had decided on a more spread-out roll-out across the country.
Cool ! ("Volts" in NYC ... in more ways than one ).
On a side note: my apologies if you or NYC felt "crapped on" :redface: That was not my intention. I should have said it in a better way when -- in haste -- trying satisfy an urge to "correct the facts" due to a misinterpretion of the original sentence about " ... the first public EV charging station".
( Had a long-time girl friend from Long Island ... went to school for 5 years upstate NY. )
Edit: BTW, that's a "Red-Face" that doesn't look like it should due this site's "new features"
).On a side note: my apologies if you or NYC felt "crapped on" :redface: That was not my intention. I should have said it in a better way when -- in haste -- trying satisfy an urge to "correct the facts" due to a misinterpretion of the original sentence about " ... the first public EV charging station".
( Had a long-time girl friend from Long Island ... went to school for 5 years upstate NY. )
Edit: BTW, that's a "Red-Face" that doesn't look like it should due this site's "new features"
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ljbad4life
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NYC nor I feel "crapped on". I went back and reread what I wrote so I knew that I left out NYC in the sentence(first public charging station in nyc). It's only worth noting because it is the first one, sadly it is only one charger . I still have to get the garage company to agree to the charging station in my building.
. I still have to get the garage company to agree to the charging station in my building.Yippee. All those paddle chargers (most of which are dead) are going away. Avacons will be finally moved to the the future.
http://green.autoblog.com/2010/08/1...-9m-to-upgrade-existing-plug-in-vehicle-char/
I also believe that the Rav4 and Avcon Electric cars should embrace the charge too. They were early adopters just like Tesla owners and they have certainly had a very good run in comparison.
http://green.autoblog.com/2010/08/1...-9m-to-upgrade-existing-plug-in-vehicle-char/
I also believe that the Rav4 and Avcon Electric cars should embrace the charge too. They were early adopters just like Tesla owners and they have certainly had a very good run in comparison.
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