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Gallatin City Hall adds EV Parking spaces

Gallatin TN have added two EV charging stations outside City Hall on West Main. This gives Gallatin TN the largest EV charger density in Sumner county, with more charging locations than Hendersonville TN or any other Sumner county city. The … Continue reading

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Gallatin Civic Center adds EV Charging

Gallatin Civic Center have added two Electric Vehicle charging stations. This makes four locations in Gallatin TN that have electric vehicle charging stations. This puts Gallatin at parity with Hendersonville TN. Retail and Restaurant locations are popular locations to install … Continue reading

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Great turnout at Nashville EV Meetup

It was a hot one! Integrated Solar acted as host to the Nashville EV meetup. They have a massive solar array on their flat roof which will provide free electric for three Blink level 2 chargers at the rear of … Continue reading

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Cracker Barrel chooses NRG/eVgo EV Quick Chargers for Texas

Despite installing a dozen Blink Networks Quick chargers in Tennessee, including its Lebanon TN flagship store, Cracker Barrel have chosen NRG Energies eVgo quick charging stations and network for four Texas Cracker Barrel locations in Dallas TX with more to … Continue reading

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Hendersonville City Hall installs two Blink EV Car Charging Stations

It’s great to see Hendersonville City Hall install two electric car charging stations. It looks like it may be a week or so before they are operational. Hendersonville have committed to placing charging stations at a dozen or more locations … Continue reading

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Franklin quick charge a success

In May of 2012 Nissan installed a new quick charge station at their US headquarters in Franklin TN. I had need to be in Franklin so decided to take the LEAF for a 101 mile round trip from home to … Continue reading

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Gallatin McDonald’s gets an EV charging station

Just like Hendersonville, Gallatin now has a McDonald’s that tends to the needs to EV owners in addition to Cracker Barrel. It’s the McDonald’s opposite Vol State Community College. The Blink charger has the latest firmware that requires both an … Continue reading

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EV Charger Grant Funds bypass workplace?

An Achilles heel of many electric vehicles is the limited range they provide making them inappropriate for 75% of the driving population. Ironically the drivers who stand to benefit the most from the electric vehicle’s low running cost (the high … Continue reading

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First Quick Charge – Awesome!!

I got my first fast charge today. Wow how amazingly fast it is!!. What would normally take 2 hours at a 240v charging station took 15 minutes. I found myself on Lebanon Pike in Nashville with ample charge to get … Continue reading

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EV Math $1 = $3,000

Every time gas goes up by 32 cents at the pump, I stand to save an additional $1,000 in fuel over 100,000 miles of driving my LEAF. Or in other words for every $1 of gas price rise, that’s another … Continue reading

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