http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/ Engadget Comments for Coulomb partners with Ford, Chevy, Smart to deliver 4,600 free EV charging stations in US http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/Jun 4th 2010 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/You need to read the fine print. Yes, the charger installation for the Leaf can cost up to $2000, but there is a $2K federal tax credit to offset the cost, and some states also have tax rebates. Net cost to the average Leaf owner -- $0.]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
I just wish the Leaf wasn't so weird looking.

Now, the Tesla cars are cool ... but they're just so new.]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
Sure, some states it's fine.

but in most states, having to pay for the damn thing (some out of your pocket) before you know what you might be paying for the car if you accept, is bullshit.]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/What would really spread these green charging stations around the country is green in its purest form-- money. If installing one of these meant you could actually own a private charging station, then I think a lot more people would be bundling these with some solar panels and making their own renewable money. It'd be a great way to foment private installation of renewable energy and an even greater follow up on that concept of pushing energy back into the grid when you are producing more than you're consuming.]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/Jun 4th 2010 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
But didn't you hear Stephen Colbert? Those that survive electrocution become immune to electricity.]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/Jun 4th 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
/shameless plug]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
What I want to know is ... why would there be a charging station in Texas? For visitors passing through?]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
Ever hear of Houston or Dallas? Yeah there are millions of people there. Thanks for playing.]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
Sorry, I thought most people in Texas hate electric vehicles since it hurts their economy.

I think that push pin is closer to Austin anyway.]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
I don't see the electric car impacting the economy in the near future.]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/Jun 4th 2010 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
I know. I apologize.
I'm just sick of the "Drill, Baby, Drill" chanting.]]>Jun 4th 2010 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
Sarah Palin is from Alaska.]]>Jun 4th 2010 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/Jun 5th 2010 2:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/Jun 5th 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/Jun 4th 2010 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/Jun 4th 2010 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/Jun 4th 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
We won't run out of oil anytime soon and possibly never. ]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
We've already run out of the oil that's easy to get at, hence the recent spill. ]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
Uhhh, no. Actually we've been regulated out of drilling for oil that's easy to get and forced further away from shore (read deeper)...hence the recent oil spill. How about not drilling in the ocean at all...how out developing the 50 year supply of shale that can be had on land!]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_reserves#Estimated_reserves_by_country - The top 17 producers will run out in an average of 54 years based on CURRENT consumption and estimated reserves. China has increased oil consumption 28% from Jan 09 to Jan 10 and is already consuming about 9% of the global amount. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8563985.stm)]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
You forgot to capitalize "estimated", which is an important word because the people who estimate oil reserves have been proven wrong more times than Al Gore. ]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
You're fooling yourself. The rest of the world is quickly catching up to the US and their oil demands are going to be far greater than ours. You have no clue as to the facts.]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
An argument based on an estimate is stronger than an argument based on nothing.]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
How about we use that oil to fuel the construction of new nuclear power plants, solar and wind farms, and electric vehicles so that by the time we run out of oil we won't need it anymore? Crazy idea, huh?]]>Jun 4th 2010 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
(Yes, you do pay subsidies to BP, Texaco, etc even when they are making more in profits than most corporations combined.)]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
See you in 2020.]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
They can, it's called battery swapping, one of the features in the Tesla model S. ]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
Yeah ... I'm not sure if I like that idea. What if you pick up someone's bad batteries that hold only a quarter of a charge?

I dunno, maybe they figured that out already. ]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/me? I'll keep the motorcycle. cheap as heck.]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
Yeah, but I live in an apartment complex right now, so Hybrid for me this decade ... Electric next decade, but hopefully sooner....]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/06/northbound-lanes-of-5-freeway-in-norwalk-reopened-after-fatal-motorcycle-crash.html

Almost every person I know who rides regularly has crashed. FYI I used to make and sell motorcycle accessories, so I know quite a few. My brother also used to race professionally and almost had his leg amputated after one crash. My point being, the safety of a bike doesn't even put it into a category comparable to EV's and cars in general.]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
You don't understand, the car owner does not also own the batteries. The company does, you just pay a per-mile fee (8 cents) to use it, so they're responsible for all the maintinence and eventual replacement. It's handled the same way that blue rhino propane exchange does it.

]]>Jun 4th 2010 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
Hybrid's a good way to go. You can always slowly save up for extra batteries and convert it to a plug-in hybrid over time.]]>Jun 4th 2010 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/On a 12,000 miles per year average you are paying $960 to use the damn batteries + electricity?]]>Jun 7th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/Jul 22nd 2010 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
Oh wait, that would make the car way an extra 2000 lbs., reducing range even further. My bad. Good idea not quite ready for prime time.]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
Joke. Al Gore and the tree huggers who endorse this stuff on the tax payers dime, should be ashamed. I'm all for clean, but this is just us tax payers funding other private industries. And I'm all for private business, they don't need to get our money to get rich, though.]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
Why have you let political extremism make you unreceptive to crucial technological advances? Don't you see how you're politicizing what should be an objectively sensible move? When your views make you intensely anti-progress, it's time to reevaluate them.]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/Jun 4th 2010 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/Just like we give billions in tax breaks to the fucking oil companies]]>Jun 4th 2010 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
Since you're so filled with intelligence and logic, I present this.

How many people earn a GOOD living off the oil industry? I am in the print business, half tech, half old-school production. The avg wage of everyone involved at my corp is slightly above 50k. That includes illegals packing boxes at $15/hr, and tech people making $120, with pressman (ahem, blue collar, HS grads, earning $80-100k).

Then, think about the people who deliver paper, gas, chemicals, ink, gast, even the tech equipment! Those good people are providing a service, that has demand, and providing a good living for their children.

Oil isn't bad. Is it a perfect industry? Of course not, but I dare one, ONE of you people who condemned what I said, to name an industry that doesn't have someone/something that ends up being exploited. Go ahead, I'm waiting geniuses.

I'm all for electric, that is, until it's cheaper, and has less environmental impact. Where the hell is the electricity begotten from? Huh? Let's see, coal-mining, nuclear, hydro (go ask Mexico how the Colorado looks nowadays? GO, you morons.).

We'll get there someday. Until then, I'd rather have my hard-earned cash going to fund the next generation of engineers and scientists. Which, we are lacking in. Um, how many engineers for US corps. have Indian names? C'mon, tell me I'm wrong. You can't, cause you're just ideologues who listen to the vapid rhetoric spewing from teachers who have never worked in industry, and have no clue how global economics work.

I am so worried about my children and our country's future, with close minded, ignorant, intolerant views such as these expressed here.

Good luck, slackers, good luck. At least my house, investments, and cash will get me to my dirt nap. You guys are screwed. China will run this country, and you'll be a moronic pawn in the game.]]>Jun 4th 2010 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/

Oooooohhh the irony of you calling somebody else close-minded, ignorant and intolerant.

SIGH]]>Jun 5th 2010 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
And still I'd love that phone. KISS MY BABY.]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/Jun 4th 2010 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/coulomb-partners-with-ford-chevy-smart-to-deliver-4-600-free-e/
Perhaps capitalism works after all . . . ]]>Jun 4th 2010 6:54PM