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Charging stations for hybrids coming
pioneer press ^ | 10-9-11 | Frederick Melo

Posted on 10/10/2011 5:38:01 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB

The city is promoting two new plug-in hybrid electric cars available for use by members of the Hourcar vehicle-sharing organization in St. Paul and Minneapolis. This fall and next spring, St. Paul will install 20 public stations where drivers can charge the vehicles.

The two new hybrid cars were bought with a $30,000 contribution from Xcel Energy. Hourcar is run by the Neighborhood Energy Connection, a St. Paul nonprofit.

The vehicles are in the Lawson and Lowertown parking ramps in downtown St. Paul. There are 13 Hourcars at nine locations throughout the city.

Charging station locations, rates and details can be found at stpaul.gov/EVchargingstations.

The stations were funded by a federal stimulus grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program.

(Excerpt) Read more at twincities.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: boondoggle; car; cars; debt; efv; electric; energy; hourcar; hybrids; mn; spending; stations; stpaul; waste
woo-hoo! more "free money" from out omnipotent federal goobermint!
1 posted on 10/10/2011 5:38:11 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB
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To: WOBBLY BOB

How many charging stations were lost when Costco removed theirs?


2 posted on 10/10/2011 5:39:33 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

I guess they will set one up every 30 miles. Every 10 miles in northern states due to the cold.


3 posted on 10/10/2011 5:40:12 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Forget the Lawyers....firIn war, a seven year ost kill the journalists! - Die Ritter, die sagen, nee)
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To: DCBryan1

Really! I went there a couple of times at Christmas and it hit 30 below both times. What do electric vehicles use for heat?


4 posted on 10/10/2011 5:50:05 AM PDT by MulberryDraw (Anyone see the democrat budget yet?)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Funding
As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the City of Saint Paul received $286,000 of Energy Efficient and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) funding for the purchase and installation of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. The funding is being used for:

Gap financing to purchase three plug-in electric fleet vehicles.
Purchase and installation of charging stations around the city.


5 posted on 10/10/2011 5:54:54 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: MulberryDraw
What do electric vehicles use for heat?

Like everything, their batteries or maybe the itty bitty engines that the hybrids have. Electric only cars that promise to get you 90 miles will get you 10-15 in northern climates in the winter. And it will take twice as long to recharge.....16 hours or so.

Hot and cold weather SEVERELY diminish battery performance (and life).

6 posted on 10/10/2011 5:56:33 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Forget the Lawyers....firIn war, a seven year ost kill the journalists! - Die Ritter, die sagen, nee)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

so does this mean that the poor, the elderly, the cripple, (the homeowner/taxpayer) susidizes the rich, the wealthy, those who can afford the hybrids?


7 posted on 10/10/2011 5:57:31 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: DCBryan1
Every 10 miles in northern states due to the cold.

Bingo, we have a winner!

8 posted on 10/10/2011 6:01:05 AM PDT by Lockbox (`)
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To: Lockbox

..Not to mention: 36.6kWh of gasoline, also called a gallon, cost $3.70 now (artificially high) compared to the nominal cost of 32.6 KWh for electicity is $5.00 an hour ($10.00 in Hawaii)


9 posted on 10/10/2011 6:27:16 AM PDT by Dead Dog
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To: Sooth2222

“......when Costco removed theirs?”

Now we know who they sold them too! The goverment buy back. n/s


10 posted on 10/10/2011 6:36:51 AM PDT by cameraeye (A happy kuffir!)
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To: Lockbox
Every 10 miles in northern states due to the cold.

and a couple of inches of snow to push through should make it worse.

11 posted on 10/10/2011 6:48:36 AM PDT by MulberryDraw (Anyone see the democrat budget yet?)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

So how does this work? A 30-minute stop and $20 worth of electricity? Will they have a Starbucks handy at each rest stop?


12 posted on 10/10/2011 6:59:13 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (Congress doesn't care a damn about "we the people")
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To: camle

yes, it’a also a tacit admission by the green weenie lobby that given the option, even green weenies prefer the option of using a “car” over mass transit and light rail.


13 posted on 10/10/2011 7:51:46 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (See ya later, debt inflator ! Gone in 4 (2012))
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To: WOBBLY BOB

ask them abotu the carbon footprint of that battery in there...


14 posted on 10/10/2011 11:41:15 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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