article thumbnail

San Francisco Bay Area leaders announce formation of “EV Strategic Council” and $5M+ for EV infrastructure

Green Car Congress

San Francisco Bay Area elected and business leaders launched a CEO-level “EV Strategic Council”, along with more than $5 million in new funding, to ensure that the Bay Area becomes the “EV Capital of the US”. The package of grants and initiatives for the region includes: $1.5 Publication of Ready, Set, Charge, California!

article thumbnail

City of San Francisco Installs Three Coulomb Charging Stations at City Hall

Green Car Congress

The City of San Francisco has installed three Coulomb Technologies Smartlet Networked Charging Stations at City Hall. The charging stations are a part of a two-year public demonstration conducted with the City of San Francisco—a pilot project to power San Francisco’s plug-in fleet and car-share plug-in vehicles.

article thumbnail

Downtown South San Francisco electrified

Plugs and Cars

Four electric vehicle charging stations were unveiled today at a new parking structure in downtown South San Francisco. The Coulomb J-plug/120V units were installed under grants to ChargePoint America (DOE and CEC money). For the time being, there is no charge for either the parking or charging for vehicles that plug in.

article thumbnail

Honda installs new bi-directional charging technology at European R&D center

Green Car Congress

The technology installation in Germany follows the debut of the domestic Honda Power Manager Concept at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show in September. This latest trial installation at Honda’s Offenbach site applies the same principles on a larger scale. Earlier post.) tonnes of CO 2.

Honda 150
article thumbnail

Peninsula Clean Energy and California Energy Commission propose $24M partnership to install EV chargers in San Mateo County

Green Car Congress

Peninsula Clean Energy, the California Energy Commission, and Center for Sustainable Energy are partnering to launch an incentive project in San Mateo County in 2020 to increase publicly available electric vehicle charging locations with investments potentially reaching $24 million. —Jan Pepper, PCE CEO.

Clean 191
article thumbnail

Electrify America to install 2,800 charging stations at workplaces and multi-unit dwellings across US

Green Car Congress

Electrify America LLC announced it will install more than 2,800 workplace and residential charging stations by June 2019 in 17 of the biggest metropolitan areas in the United States. The companies have committed to install 35% of all multi-family and workplace sites in California in designated low-income or disadvantaged community areas.

article thumbnail

Electrify America outlines new design vision for future EV charging stations

Green Car Congress

The company plans to showcase this transition with installation in 2022 and 2023 in select new flagship charging facilities in Santa Barbara, San Francisco, San Diego and Beverly Hills, California and in New York within Manhattan and Brooklyn. Onsite Battery Energy Systems.

America 273