Shopping and Charging: What's Not to Like?

plugincars.com 11 Jun '12, 6pm

Shopping and Charging: What's Not to Like?

For the very first time this weekend, I plugged into the public electric car network. It was exhilarating, and something I could easily get addicted to—a junkie looking not for a fix but for free electricity. Sitting pretty at Whole Foods. Free charging, and you get the best parking spot--which has some folks upset. (Jim Motavalli photo) Like all of you, I have errands on the weekends, and I try to group them together to save gas and to reduce the time expended on the whole tedious effort. It happens that I had a Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid test car this week, and I’ve been trying to run it on electricity as much as possible. Of perhaps 50 miles driven so far, 10 have been on gasoline, and that’s only because I forgot to plug it into the wall the first night. Sunday rolled around and my honey-do list: a) get non-toxic organic weed killer at Home Depot; b) buy cat litter and ...

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@rkhamsi » 18 Jun '12, 4pm
A play-by-play of charging up on both car power and groceries at @WholeFoods, by @jmotavalli [link]
@Philip_Newell » 14 Jun '12, 1am
Whole Foods has Electric Vehicle charging stations at some locations. [link] #wholefoods #electricvehicles #green #sustainable
@DavidDBlog » 12 Jun '12, 4am
Addicted to charging your car! [link]
@NamKangwon » 12 Jun '12, 2am
RT @PluginCarsNews: One of the perks of driving a plug-in car like the Chevy Volt: refueling your car while you shop. [link]
@PluginCarsNews » 11 Jun '12, 10pm
One of the perks of driving a plug-in car like the Chevy Volt: refueling your car while you shop. [link]
@PeaDeliver » 11 Jun '12, 8pm
Shopping and Charging: What's Not to Like?: 4:12 pm: I walk across the hot parking lot to Petco, where I run int... [link]
@RFleetSolutions » 11 Jun '12, 7pm
"Plug in Car News" Shopping and Charging: What's Not to Like? [link]
@celia_amaro » 11 Jun '12, 7pm
Shopping and Charging: What's Not to Like?: By Jim Motavalli · June 11, 2012 For the very first time this weeken... [link]
@PeaDeliver » 11 Jun '12, 7pm
Shopping and Charging: What's Not to Like?: Sunday rolled around and my honey-do list: a) get non-toxic organic ... [link]
@plugincome » 11 Jun '12, 6pm
Shopping and Charging: What's Not to Like?: It happens that I had a Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid test car this week... [link]
@electriccarsite » 11 Jun '12, 6pm
Shopping and Charging: What's Not to Like?: For the very first time this weekend, I plugged into the public elec... [link]
@jmotavalli » 18 Jun '12, 3pm
Shopping and charging, what's not to like? [link]
@lsicfeed » 11 Jun '12, 7pm
Shopping and Charging: What's Not to Like? [link]
@coupon_bargains » 11 Jun '12, 7pm
Shopping and Charging: What's Not to Like? [link]
@robert_olr » 11 Jun '12, 7pm
Shopping and Charging: What's Not to Like?: By Jim Motavalli · June 11, 2012 For the very first time this weeken... [link]
@Dreamsopenambit » 11 Jun '12, 7pm
Shopping and Charging: What's Not to Like? [link]