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January 12, 2010 – Vol.14 No.43 Coulomb Technologies and Aker Wade to Offer Fast Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles: Full Charge in Less than an Hour. Coulomb Technologies and Aker Wade Power Technologies have announced an agreement to deploy Level III networked fast charging stations for electric vehicles worldwide. The Level III charging stations will be capable of fully charging battery electric vehicles in less than one hour. The Level III fast charging stations will be co-developed, distributed, marketed and supported by both companies. Designed in accordance with the TEPCO Level III specifications the charger will be qualified for use with several electric vehicle brands including the Nissan Leaf and the Mitsubishi i-Miev. Level III stations rely on an off-board charger that converts AC to DC, using a 480 Volt, three-phase electric service. Aker Wade Power Technologies CEO Bret Aker said, “Field studies in Tokyo have shown that deploying fast chargers increase vehicle usage by more than 50 percent. And this is with first generation battery electric vehicles that were yet to be optimized for fast charging. With coming improvements in Li-ion technology charge times will be reduced to as little as fifteen minutes. This is the point where consumers will abandon gasoline for electricity. This is the tipping point for electric vehicles.”
Managed by Coulomb’s open architecture ChargePoint Network, the new Level III networked fast charge stations will have all of the features of Coulomb’s Level I and II stations including, an integrated billing system, Smart Grid integration tools, remote station management and the ability to find available stations online. The Level III charging stations for EV’s will be available for purchase in Q3 2010. Pricing is available upon request. Coulomb Technologies is a leader in electric vehicle charging station infrastructure with networked charging stations installed in municipalities and organizations worldwide. Aker Wade develops and manufactures fast chargers and battery management software for the electric vehicle and industrial forklift markets. (1/12/10)
Links: Coulomb Technologies Aker Wade Power Technologies
Related: --- ChargePoint Brings Coulomb Tech. Networked Charging Stations for EVs to Australia. --- Coulomb Technologies: Nashville is the Latest City to Install EV Charging Stations.
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