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Published on July 15th, 2013 | by Christopher DeMorro

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Nissan To Roll Out Its Own Fast Charging Network At Dealerships

nissan-fast-chargerTesla Motors is aiming to be more than just an electric car maker, investing in a network of fast-charging “Superchargers” and battery-swapping locations across the country. Nissan is taking a play from Tesla’s book, and will soon roll out its own network of fast-charging stations at Nissan dealerships from coast to coast.

The Nissan fast-charging network will consist of 124 planned ChaDeMo charging stations located at Nissan dealers across the country. The charging stations will reportedly be able to charge the Nissan Leaf from 0 to 80% in about 30 minutes, comparable to the Tesla Supercharger network. The network should be fully operational in 21 “target” markets by April of 2014.

Nissan has already tested the system at 24 dealerships in California, averaging 4.5 recharges a day and rising as more Leaf owners realize the fast-chargers exist, though what isn’t mentioned is whether or not there is a cost associated with charging. The Tesla Supercharger network is free to Tesla owners; is Nissan providing the same courtesy?

It’s a different approach than Tesla Motors, which is deploying its Superchargers at rest stops along major highway routes, like I-95 on the East Coast. For Leaf owners, who tend to do more city driving anyways, having fast chargers at centrally-located dealerships makes more sense, at least for now. With Nissan finally reaching out and offering a charging network to customers, could we start seeing other automakers follow suit with their own fast-charging schemes?

Source: Green Car Reports



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  • hugoalves

    It would definitely be better if they could just agree upon one single standard. That way they could do free charge for vehicle of their brand and payment for others. Everybody would win in that scenario.

    • Troy

      The only official standard EV plug is the J1772, which is in the LEAF, Volt, Fiat 500e, Fit ev, Prius Plug-in, and many more.
      There is no standard DC FastCharge, although the most widely used, and a proposed standard is ChaDeMo, as mentioned in the article.
      The Tesla uses their own proprietary connectors, although they offer adapters so that they can use J1772 and ChaDeMo stations.

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  • johnrysf

    “For Leaf owners, who tend to do more city driving anyways, having fast chargers at centrally-located dealerships makes more sense, at least for now.” Really?

    As Elon Musk, Tesla co-founder and CEO, pointed out at a recent shareholders’ meeting, Tesla wants customers to (1) use SuperCharger / battery swap stations to extend range on long trips, NOT to (2) use up station capacity in metro areas where they could / should be charging at home / office.

    With the 2013 Leaf’s 75-mile maximum range, I would think Nissan should do something similar in metro areas, locating chargers at interstitial points between discrete areas such as suburban cities. Fine, if, secondarily, dealerships are so-located, but NOT if they’re “centrally-located” as you suggest.

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  • navipro1

    Don’t buy an EV because they promote free charging. It’s very likely to be temporary to sucker people to buy their
    vehicle then they switch policy on you at a later date to no longer be
    free.
    Especially for those that have bought or lease their Nissan
    leaf, it appears Nissan is no longer offering free quick charging to
    existing leaf customers around my area in CA. Even at my local Nissan
    dealer, EG Nissan, CA, where I bought the car and the fact that they
    said quick charging are free to their customers helped convinced me to
    buy it are No longer valid after April 16, 2014 is a Nissan Corporate
    decision. So if you ever do want to travel a little further than usual
    and had planned on using a quick charging station along the way, you
    will be in for a rude awakening that you will not be able to charge it.
    Even If you have a charge point card, that doesn’t work as their quick
    chargers are now maintain through a company NRG – ie. EVgo. EVgo
    charging fees are high in my opinion, requires a monthly subscription to
    get access to charging like quick chargers (each quick charging can
    cost $10.95 to charge for a 30 minute session). I found out the hard
    way last Saturday. Also that would make a leaf cost more than a Prius
    for energy. Took 20+ minutes on the phone, they ask for all sorts of
    information, almost like buying a car, then after signing up in hopes to
    get a quick charge in so I can get home, they end up telling me that it
    takes 72 hours to activate my account. So no quick charging for that
    day which I ended up needing to go to an L2 charging station for 3
    hours. Very disappointed at Nissan, imo Nissan has alienated their
    existing leaf customers with a bait and switch on quick charging.

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