A new Google Glass app for finding EV charging stations just launched this week, via one of the bigger EV charging station companies in North America, SemaConnect. Not that I know anyone who actually uses the Glass, but I guess that this is a good thing. 🙂 The new app … [continued]
By Recargo “Epic Electric American Road Trip” will travel the nation’s four corners without gasoline. Last week kicked off the record-setting Epic Electric American Road Trip, an 18-day, 12,000-mile, battery-powered journey sponsored by electric vehicle (EV) software and information services company Recargo Inc. The trip would mark the longest vehicle trip ever … [continued]
Recargo, the company behind the popular EV charging station locator app known as PlugShare, just announced that it has now expanded the app to include not just the ability to locate charging stations but also to pay for your charging via the app. The new payment solution — dubbed “Pay … [continued]
Recargo, the company which sells PlugShare, has introduced a new feature for it — PlugScore. The main feature of PlugScore is its rating communication system, which enables electric car drivers to use their mobile devices to see how other charging stations have been rated. You can also help other drivers by … [continued]
Ford has been keeping track of aggregate data on its plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) models, and early results show that new PHEV owners are pretty quick on the ball. Within about 30 days of buying a new PHEV, Ford owners have demonstrated a marked ability to adjust their driving … [continued]
Market research forecasts are almost never correct, but decent ones do give a good sense for how things are likely to change in various industries. I’ve found that Pike Research does a pretty good job of conducting cleantech market research reports. Its latest is on the growth of electric vehicle … [continued]
A free program named PlugShare launched last year. It monitored and featured 500 charging stations at the beginning, and now it features more than 11,000. It is an international program; however, most of the stations featured on it appear to be in the United States. It resembles Google Maps and … [continued]
The world’s largest electric vehicle charging network system has passed 100,000 users and 11,000 charging stations across North America, up from its initial starting point at 500 stations when the service launched last year. Xatori Inc. is the owner of the application, PlugShare, which allows users to log on … [continued]
