Rafael Reyes on Thursday, 03 June 2010 07:40
Coulomb: Thousands of electric vehicle chargers for Bay Area
With the support of a major federal grant, Bay Area Climate Collaborative partner Coulomb Technologies looks to install charging stations throughout the Bay Area, California and other key locations throughout the country.
Coulomb Technologies, a Campbell startup that is a leading maker of electric-vehicle charging stations, is expected to announce today that it plans to install more than 4,600 charging stations in nine metropolitan regions across the United States, including the Bay Area and Sacramento. The $37 million "ChargePoint America" program is being funded in part by a $15 million Department of Energy grant. More than 1,000 new public charging stations will be installed by December, with the remaining 3,600 to be installed by October 2011. The number of stations per city has not yet been determined, but California is expected to get nearly a third of the total. Other metro areas that will get charging stations include Austin, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Fla., Redmond, Wash., and Washington, D.C.
This is supplemented by a half million dollar grant from the California Energy Commission for the EV Corridor Project and multiple proposals to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) seeking support via the Climate Innovation Grants. Those proposals include exciting taxi battery-swap proposal led by Better Place in San Francisco, charging stations, car share projects and municipal electric vehicle fleets.