Providing expanded options for home charging of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) will be important as the market for PEVs continues to grow. Studies have estimated that as much as 90% of PEV charging occurs at residences. Though many organizations are working on charging solutions for single family homes, multi-unit dwellings (MUDs) present some unique challenges including the variety of property styles and architectures, ...
What resources are there to help with workplace charging?
Virginia Clean Cities has a Virginia EV page with many helpful resources.
Continue Reading →Dominion Virginia Smart Charging Infrastructure Pilot Program
Dominion Virginia has launched its Smart Charging Infrastructure Pilot Program (SCIP).
The program will provide rebates for qualifying EV charging stations, charging infrastructure and installation, and network fees. This pilot will fund multi-family, Workplace, DCFC, and transit DCFC.
Continue Reading →Tesla Destination Charging Partners
Tesla has a program for “Destination Charging Partners” in the hospitality, retail, multi-family, and workplace categories. This program often delivers Tesla and standard chargers that work on all vehicles.
Continue Reading →Electrify America Deploying DC Fast Chargers
The company is expanding its charger network in Virginia and throughout the country.
It also recently added Virginia to its kilowatt-hour pricing program, simplifying billing for customers.
Continue Reading →Greenspot e-Mobility Hubs
Greenspot is installing 24 e-Mobility hubs consisting of 6 L2 chargers in Virginia, DC, Maryland and West Virginia as a part a three-year ecosystem program. Greenspot will install an initial set of 24 e-Mobility hubs which includes 72 dual chargers and a total of 144 EV ports.
Visit www.joingreenspot.com or joseph@joingreenspot.com.
Continue Reading →Blink Charging Expanding in Virginia
Blink Charging plans to install 200 networked 19.2 kWh L2 Chargers in Virginia, DC, Maryland, and West Virginia as a part a three-year ecosystem program. Each charger is capable of providing 19.2 kwh or about 65 miles of charge per hour. The chargers accommodate all EVs.
Learn more at www.blinkcharging.com and contact Andrew Hillman Ashillman@BlinkCharging.com Or Cell: (805) 825-9415 for more information.
Continue Reading →EVgo and Virginia DEQ Expand DC Fast Charging on Virginia highways
This effort is deploying 80 – 100 new charger sites.
Contact EVgo through their website EVgo.com to suggest a site or email Heidi Krantz heidi.krantz@evgo.com
Continue Reading →What kinds of resources are available to help with an EV charger project?
1) Federal tax credit of 30% for EVSE up to $30,000
2) Dominion Energy is offering subsidies for DC Fast Chargers.
3) EVgo DC Fast Chargers (they would offer to rent a parking spot from sites). See more info at https://bit.ly/2GvcN9s
4) EVgo level 2 chargers. (Up to 8 level 2 chargers and EVgo pays to rent the parking space). See more info at https://bit.ly/2GvcN9s
5) EVgo DCFC high powered level 2 (25kwh ) donation (EVgo provides equipment, sites would install), See more ...
Continue Reading →How long will charging take?
Charging time depends on both the type of charge used and the vehicle. For completely empty batteries using a common 120-volt outlet (Level 1), an owner can expect a full charge in 8-12 hours. With a 240-volt outlet and a Level 2 charging station, an owner can expect to fully charge a battery in 4-6 hours. A Level 3 “Quick Charge” station can charge a fully depleted battery up to 80% fully charged in less than 30 minutes.
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