We heard about JET Charge when we were researching the recent article about the Australian electric vehicle, the ACE EV. Unfortunately, like many technologies in Australia, they seem to be flying under the radar, which is great if you are planning a surprise attack, however not so great if you want people to know you are there! JET Charge has two very important offerings … [Read more...]
Fast Charging with Fast Food
Following on from the article last week about public charging stations to be installed across Greater London, another report popped up in the Motoring Weekly inbox. This is a similar project based in the Netherlands for a company called Nuon and McDonalds, the burger joint. The joint venture is part of McDonalds CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility - plan that aims to … [Read more...]
Public Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Here’s an interesting idea from London - a way to help encourage electric car usage in the wider city and suburbs. A “framework” has been created by Transport for London with several local councils and the Greater London Authority called GULCS: the Go Ultra Low City Scheme. The partners will invest £3.7M to supply 1,100 charging points over the next two years. Siemens, a … [Read more...]
A Better Place Far Away
What happened to Better Place, the company that was going to build the charging network across the world that would supercharge the sales of electric cars? When I was producing Motoring Weekly podcasts back in 2008 to 2010, this company was in the news almost weekly. Better Place was founded by Shai Agassi, an Israeli tech developer who like many technology people was in the … [Read more...]