Qualcomm’s Technology Inside Ecotality’s Electric Vehicle Chargers
Bruce V. Bigelow7/27/10Follow @bvbigelow
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what happens—and what needs to be done—as electric vehicles become a bigger percentage of the cars on the road. Matching funds provided by utilities, automakers, and other corporations, along with an additional $15 million the DOE gave the company last month to include Los Angeles and Washington D.C., have brought overall funding to roughly $230 million for the effort, which is known as “The EV Project.”
Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt owners who qualify to participate in the project can get a free EV charger installed at their home for little or no cost. (They’ll still have to pay for the electricity, of course.)
In a separate announcement today at the Plug-In 2010 conference in San Jose, Ecotality unveiled “Blink,” the company’s flagship EV charging station, available in two models—a wall-mounted unit for residential installations and a commercial, stand-alone charger for public locations. Ecotality plans to offer a subscription plan to enable EV owners to charge their cars at any Blink charging station.
“Blink’s simple, smart approach to charging allows consumers the real-time monitoring, command and control they expect while leveraging renewable energy generation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” Ecotality’s CEO says in the statement issued jointly with Qualcomm. “Cellular networks will play a critical role in connecting the charging stations with Ecotality’s control systems so we can make all these benefits possible.”
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