AV’s Fast Charge Systems Profiled on ABC TV



LA Times: Charging Network a Goal as Electric Vehicles Come On Line
Visitors to the Los Angeles Auto Show are wooed by the vehicles' futuristic designs and the promise of fuel savings, but many tire-kickers raise worries about how they would keep the cars powered up.


Nissan Leaf Runs Equivalent Of 99 Miles Per Gallon
WASHINGTON – The Nissan Leaf, an electric car aimed at attracting environmentally conscious motorists, will get the equivalent of 99 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving, based on government testing.

Nissan Motor Corp. said Monday the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel efficiency window sticker, which provides information about the car's energy use, would estimate the electric car will achieve the equivalent of 106 mpg in city driving and 92 mpg on the highway.


New York Times: A Private Network for Recharging Cars
A utility with operations around Texas is planning a network of 50 to 150 charging stations for electric cars in the Houston metropolitan area to eliminate “range anxiety” and is talking with Nissan, Toyota and others about offering auto buyers a package that includes network access and a home charger.

The company, NRG, hopes to offer packages ranging from $49 a month, for cars with both electric motors and gasoline engines like the Chevy Volt that would not need access to the scattered charging stations, to $79 a month for buyers of the Nissan LEAF™.


Nissan Offers EV Charging At Dealerships
Over 90% of those 20,000 individuals who’ve gone ahead and reserved a brand new Nissan Leaf live within 10 miles of a dealership–a fact, apparently, that has inspired Nissan to install Level II (240 volt) charging stations at dealerships within select target markets, for use by its customers (no word on whether there’s a charge for the service).

More than 40 Level 2 (240V) charging stations have already been installed at dealerships, and by the time the New Year is no longer new, more than 150 dealers in California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona and Tennessee will have four charging docks installed: two for operational support and two in customer-access areas.


AV Receives Frost & Sullivan’s N.A. Customer Service Leadership Award for EV Charging
AeroVironment Receives Frost & Sullivan’s North American Customer Service Leadership Award for Electric Vehicle Charging Station Solutions

Quality, Timeliness and Cost of Service, Customer Value Receive High Marks

MONROVIA, Calif., Nov. 4, 2010 – Frost & Sullivan, a global research organization of 1,800 analysts who monitor more than 300 industries and 250,000 companies, has awarded its 2010 North American Customer Service Leadership of the Year Award for Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations to AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV). AV is a Southern California-based technology company whose electric transportation solutions include electric vehicle home charging, public charging and fast charging systems for consumers, automakers, utilities and government agencies.



AV Makes Nissan Dealers EV-Ready With Level 2 Charging Docks
Nissan Dealers Install First Charging Stations for All-Electric Nissan LEAF

- Dealer charging stations open to usage by Nissan LEAF drivers -

FRANKLIN, Tenn., Nov. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- As Nissan prepares for Nissan LEAF vehicle deliveries in December, select dealers across the country have completed electric vehicle (EV) readiness training and are among the first to add EV charging infrastructure to their dealership operations.