Video: How apartment dwellers can charge their electric vehicles— Autoblog Green

Recently, we got an email from a reader named Bernadine asking aboutapartment dwellers charging their plug-in cars. She wrote:

I would like to see Autoblog contact, address, and consider how would apartment dwellers fit in the scheme of things by the manufacturers of"green"vehicles. I am quite sure there are others, like myself who would love to purchase or get in line to order such vehicles. However, we do not have garages or nearby outlets that we can access to charge our vehicles, once purchased. Is there any projects in place that will address the needs of apartment dwellers? Will our local gas stations be transformed into electric stations?

Turns out, Bernadine is not the only one thinking about this particular issue. We covered the issue in some depth about a year ago inthis Greenlings articlewhich noted that, in 2009,Mitsubishihelped develop anelectric vehicle charging system for apartment buildings in Japan. More recently, our friend Paul Scott and Santa Monica Nissan presented a panel on this very subject at their local library with people with deep knowledge ofEVSEsand permitting and other related issues. You can watch a well-edited video of that event provided by Plug In Americaafter the jump.

Lastly, we have a bit of news about charging for people without a garage or a dedicated parking space. A company called 350Green is bringing a fast EV charging station network to the U.S. that is designed specifically for this type of plug-in driver. The network is made up of DC fast chargers that will be installed at"select, high-traffic retail locations"in six cities in the Bay Area. Find more details in the press release onthe other side of the jump.

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