ChargePoint Brings Coulomb Tech. Networked Charging Stations for EVs to Australia

November 9, 2009 – Vol.14 No.34

ChargePoint Brings Coulomb Tech. Networked Charging Stations for EVs to Australia.

ChargePoint Pty Ltd now offers Coulomb’s ChargePoint (tm) Networked Charging Stations throughout Australia and is currently in advanced discussions with a number of government and private sector partners for pilot projects in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne which are all due to commence in the first half of 2010. The pilot projects will be used to evaluate charging behavior, energy grid load analysis and environmental and societal impacts.

The first mass produced electric vehicles will arrive in Australia in 2010. Most manufacturers expected to release models in 2012, which will create demand for ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations in the local market.

Senior Research Fellow in smart grids and electric vehicles from Curtin University in West Australia, Dr. Andrew Simpson, says not only will consumers benefit from electric vehicle transportation, this technology will also improve the management of network loads for energy providers.

“Numerous studies have shown that there is the capacity for many electric vehicles to charge at off-peak times which can utilize grid assets more-effectively. This means cheap energy can be sold to electric motorists through infrastructure such as the ChargePoint Network.

“There is a heightened awareness that electric transport is the way forward – electric cars are more sustainable, they will be affordable and can potentially emit zero emissions. The increasing support of governments, energy companies and consumers will result in the rapid expansion of this market in the coming years,” he said.

The ChargePoint Network enables electric vehicle drivers the convenience of charging their battery at home, and public locations including curbside, workplace and shopping centers. Consumers subscribe to the ChargePoint Network and receive a ChargePoint Smart Card that allows them to charge their car at any ChargePoint Networked Charging Station Australia wide.

Coulomb Technologies provides a vehicle-charging infrastructure, which includes an open system driver network: the ChargePoint Network provides multiple web-based portals for Hosts, Fleet managers, Subscribers, and Utilities. (11/9/09)

Links:

ChargePoint
http://www.chargepoint.com.au

Coulomb Technologies
http://www.coulombtech.com

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