ABC’s Good Morning America: AV’s EV Charger Featured with the Nissan LEAF™



Lance Armstrong just received his brand new Nissan LEAF™ and AV Charging Station
Nissan LEAF's Photos - Lance Armstrong gets a Nissan LEAF


The Secret To Success In EV Charging? Friends, Money
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AeroVironment says that Nissan’s thumbs up—and a large bank account—might give them an edge in the nascent charging market.

What makes one electric vehicle charger different from another?

Not much, to be honest. Some -- such as the Blink charger from Ecotality crafted by Frog Design -- look nicer than others, but in the end, EV chargers will perform the same tasks, meet the same safety and performance specifications and plug into cars in fairly identical ways.


Electric Car Blowing In To Isles
Excited by potential savings, Hawaii drivers pile on a waiting list for the Nissan Leaf.

Hawaii motorists are getting charged up over the impending arrival of the Nissan Leaf, the first electric vehicle to be mass-marketed in Hawaii.

Nissan dealers say about 1,000 people in Hawaii have expressed an interest in buying the car. About a quarter of those put down a $99 refundable deposit. Nationally, there are about 14,000 people on the waiting list, according to Nissan.


Nissan LEAF Moving Closer to Launch
Leaf Coveters Lean Toward Leasing

Nissan North America Inc. expects the majority of its U.S.-market Leaf electric vehicles will be leased rather than bought, according to anecdotes from those placing reservations for the car.

“We know there’s a lot of interest in lease because consumers see the value receiving the tax credit up front,” NNA spokeswoman Katherine Zachary tells Ward’s. “But enough are expected to buy that we want to be able to offer both.”


EV Charging Basics
When Is A Charging Station Not A Charger? Not all charging stations are created equal, neither are electric cars.

With the help of governments around the world, literally tens of thousands of electric car charging stations are slated to be installed in public locations from New Castle to New York. The U.S. Energy Department estimates that by December of 2013 some 20,000 residential, commercial and public charging stations will be in operation in the United States. Some 1,300 charging stations will be installed in North East England, with another 25,000 more in and around London, itself, by 2015.


Automotive News: So Far, Garage Is Hub Of EV Charging Action
A small but serviceable infrastructure for charging the batteries in electric vehicles is springing up in the United States, but it's largely in people's own garages.

Outside the home, more charging stations are being built, but locations are still widely scattered. In the long run, experts say, the basic charging technology being used to launch tiny volumes of EVs today probably will predominate in the near future.