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There are really only three plug-in choices in America: Leaf, Volt, and PiP. For me, the range of Leaf is unusable and I need to seat five, so PiP is the only plug-in I could purchase. My commute is over 80 miles round trip, and my employer does not have charging facilities. There's no way I...

My electric company is Alameda Power, in Alameda, CA. Our small town is an island in the San Francisco Bay, near Oakland and Berkeley (across the bridge from San Francisco). All the surrounding cities have PG&E, but we have our own power co. The City owns it, so I suppose I have to call it...

I get my gas-free driving ten miles at a time. On weekends, I use little or no gas. During the week, I get about 75 MPG. My 80-mile round-trip to work, coupled with my inability to charge at work, prevented me from being Leafy Green, so I do the best I can. Almost every time I use public...

The thing that will expand the charging infrastructure is increased sales of plug-in vehicles. All of the attempts at public charging pre-2011 have failed, and the J1772 deployments will fail unless more plug-in cars are on the road. Whether EV or PHEV, there will always be capacity issues...

Hi there Leaf owners! I just got a Plug-in Prius, and I'm loving gas-free driving. But I'm not stranded if I run out of electricity, so if you see my white Prius sipping juice from your favorite public charger, and you really need a charge, go right ahead and unplug me. A note would be nice, but...