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Cracker Barrel to install ECOtality’s Blink EV chargers at select Dec 01, 2010 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) —
ECOtality, Inc., which is engaged in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, has announced that Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. has joined The EV Project, and will install ECOtality’s Blink electric vehicle, or EV, charging stations at restaurant and store locations. Cracker Barrel will install EV chargers at 24 locations within The EV Project’s pilot markets.
As part of the agreement, Cracker Barrel will install ECOtality’s Blink EV charging stations, including both Level 2 and DC Fast Charge commercial electric vehicle charging stations, at 24 restaurant and store locations within EV Project markets beginning April 2011.
Blink charging stations will be installed at 12 identified locations that support ECOtality’s previously announced EV blueprints in Tennessee and will connect the transportation corridors linking Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga.
The 12 Cracker Barrel store locations in Tennessee include: Athens, Cleveland, Cookeville, Crossville, East Ridge, Farragut, Harriman, Kimball, Lebanon, Manchester, Murfreesboro, and Nashville. The remaining 12 unidentified Cracker Barrel locations will be installed within other Tennessee locations that are within the boundaries of The EV Project.
“We are pleased to announce Cracker Barrel as a commercial collaborator for ECOtality and The EV Project,” said Jonathan Read, CEO of ECOtality, Inc. “ECOtality’s goal for the Blink Network is to allow consumers to charge in locations that are attractive, convenient, and beneficial, making electric vehicles fit their lifestyle.”
For all the Greenies in TN? Cracker Barrel’s gone over the barrel here!
According to another article recently posted here, an electric car has a range of 40 miles and requires 8 hours to charge up.
I doubt all that many interstate travelers are going to be using electric cars. Plus, if they spend an hour at the restaurant, they’re only going to get 5 miles’ worth of charge.
Hmmmm. It sounds like they are using places like Walgreens, etc to set up shop.
Wonder what the bribe is?
I still want to know where the electric power is coming from if we can’t build new power plants?????
Why are the econazis so in love with electric cars?
Our power grid is always on the verge of being overloaded in severe weather. Add to that , the load from these wannabe electric cars, and you can either cool/heat your home or drive to and from work if you can afford to own a home within the 80 mile recharge radius.
Volt: $41,000 from Government Motors!...Never buy GM again!
To me, the funny part is that it is assumed that Cracker Barrel has or will have customers that drive electric cars.
The Cracker Barrel demographic seems exclusive of electric car drivers. Country ham and biscuits and gravy some how just doesn’t seem to include electric cars.
BTW, Cracker Barrel has a great audio book rental program. Rent a CD for about $3.50 and turn it in way down the road at a different CB. For the record, one audio CD is good for about 80 miles. A 6 cd book will take you about 500 miles.