http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/13/goog ... u-still-h/
If electric cars are ever going to replace their gas-guzzling ancestors, we'll inevitably need a few more places to plug in and charge up. Cue Google, who's just added a database of EV -- that's electric vehicle for you non-green folk -- charging stations to Google Maps, enabling drivers to locate places to get their juice on while on longer trips or when out of town (though without the social flare of PlugShare). We've gotta say, a future of self-driving cars that can automatically charge themselves doesn't sound too bad to us -- and spending less on gas only makes the deal even sweeter.
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Ou como referido no blog oficial do Google.org:
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2011 ... tions.html
Find electric vehicle charging stations on Google Maps
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 9:30 AM
[Cross-posted from the Google.org Blog]
At Google, we’ve been supporting environmentally-friendly cars through initiatives such as RechargeIT, an effort to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles. As consumers embrace electric vehicles, we’ve also been adding information to Google Maps over the past few months to help users find charging stations. Just search on Google Maps for “ev charging station” plus the appropriate area, for example, “ev charging station near mountain view ca.”
We’d like to continue adding more charging stations to Google Maps, so we’re excited that our friends over at the the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are working to make more data available.
NREL has launched the GeoEVSE Forum to help develop a detailed, accurate database of electric vehicle charging stations. We’ll be adding more EV charging locations to Google Maps as their database, and others, are updated. As always, you can use the Report a problem tool to inform us of any corrections.
If you represent an automaker, an electric vehicle charging station manufacturer or installer, an EV consumer group or any other interested party, you can join the GeoEVSE Forum by visiting this site.
We look forward to adding even more information to Google Maps to help you recharge your electric vehicle. Happy green driving!
Posted by Cynthia Yeung, Strategic Partner Development Team
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ou no Autobloggreen:
http://green.autoblog.com/2011/03/13/go ... -stations/
onde aparecem sempre alguns comentários interessantes como:
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David Martin
9:26am (3/13/2011)
It works for London, UK too, but for Bristol finds 'charging' and 'station' as separate entities. leading to credit card charging points, radio and tv stations appearing, but no electric vehicle charge points!
Be careful out there!
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Ora aqui está uma boa aposta para juntar forças e actualizar os pontos de carga que temos por cá... ( começando pela base de dados da Mobi.E )
