There have been a number of long-distance electric car events held to counter perceptions about range limitations of EVs. The latest was last week's BC2BC-2013 Rally, in which eight electric cars and one electric motorcycle traveled from British Columbia to Baja, California. All but one successfully arrived, although the journey revealed weaknesses in electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

Many big companies are seeing major benefits in letting their employees plug in at work. And then there's the green image—and the LEED credits, of course.

The Nissan LEAF has sold more than 28,000 units in the United States since its launch here, and the pace of sales is accelerating. Expanded charging infrastructure has played a “huge role” in that growth, said Brendan Jones, director, electric vehicle infrastructure strategy for Nissan North America.

In the United States, Tesla Motors is in the process of building a nationwide network of 120-kW superchargers, which can give EVs a convenience close to that of gas cars. In Europe though, super-fast charging is still a distant dream. Most people still haven't driven an electric car, so they have yet to understand that it's fast charging which gives EVs the ability to compete with the internal combustion engine.

It was the rumble in the gas lane last night at Tesla’s cavernous warehouse in Hawthorne, Calif. CEO Elon Musk presided over an event meant to show off Tesla’s battery swapping technology.

Two electric motorcycle teams made cross-country trips across the U.S. this week. Terry Hershner, a green energy and electric vehicle advocate, took a solo trip from San Diego, Calif. to Jacksonville, Fla., riding a modified 2012 Zero S. He arrived on June 5. The other, Team Moto Electra, took a replica vintage Norton Featherbed, in the opposite direction. They left Jacksonville, Fla. on June 3, and arrived in Santa Monica on the afternoon of June 6.

A new Deloitte study finds that, depending on the revenue model, would-be entrepreneurs can actually make money selling electricity to EV owners. Utilities talk a lot about charging, but haven't gotten all that involved, and retailers like someone else to handle the business side.

For years, charging infrastructure providers have given every imaginable excuse to electric car owners to explain why charging station rollout—especially of high-powered DC rapid chargers—isn’t moving at the promised pace. The excuses include inadequate EV sales to support high numbers of chargers—to insurmountable red tape regarding planning and regulation. But while companies like ECOtality hem and haw, Tesla Motors continues to expand a network of proprietary Superchargers that will soon be available nationwide.

Does the Model S go 300 miles on a charge? Yes, under some circumstances, but you're going to need Max Range. And how far will 20 minutes on a Supercharger get you? Three hours of driving says Tesla, but that translates to 141 miles.

On Thursday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the company's Supercharger network will quickly expand to reach nationwide coverage across North America within one year. Within the next few months, the stations will have faster charging times, and support more cars per location.