Charging points

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‘Free’ EV Charging in the UK

“The North East of England is making good  progress in the field of greener transportation as  regional development agency One North East and  car OEM Nissan Motor Co Ltd announce that they  have entered the next phase of their partnership  on the development of zero emission mobility. An  agreement that sets out a road map for the roll-out  of electric vehicles and infrastructure in North East  England has been signed by both parties. Under  the agreement, One North East will install at least  619 publicly available charging points by January  1, 2011, which will support both 3kW and 7kW  charges. A dozen 50kW ‘rapid-charging’ stations  will also be included. Electricity at the charging  points will be provided free of charge until March  31, 2012, or until an itemized billing system  becomes available.”

In Transport Newsletter # 127 www.goingsolar.com.au/transport

 

Standardised EV Charging points?

 
And from Japan. "Let's have a cup of tea while charging". Japanese car makers join forces for standard charging stations. http://www.gizmag.com/chademo-standard-electric-vehicle-charging/14557/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=ec99f2bd87-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email

EV Charge points in OZ

Peter from Perth has set up an EV web site including a map of EV charging points in OZ. Looks like a worthy enterprise. Check it out. www.evnetwork.com.au
 
"First" public EV Charge Station?

27.05.2010. Australia's first public electric vehicle charge station was recently officially opened by Sydney's Lord Mayor Clover Moore. The charge station is powered by 100% GreenPower supplied by Origin Energy. The station is installed in Glebe and will be used to recharge a converted plug-in hybrid Toyota Prius. It takes 3 hours to recharge the car fully. The car is part of the GoGet car share scheme, it has an electric motor range of 30 km and replaces the equivalent of up to 10 privately owned cars on the road through the sharing arrangements.

To read more about this event please click here and here