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Cookeville, TN (I-40, midway between Nashville (77.1m) and Knoxville (93.0m) is open, #4 for the month and #52 total.
https://www.electrifyamerica.com/locate-chargerripple4 said:Can you share where is this information coming from?
I've also wondered about why the orphaned sites (those too far away for anyone to reach from any other QC or major urban area, like Huntington, Winnemucca, Hays/Colby and Missoula) get opened. It makes no logical sense, but EA (unlike Tesla) has to complete a certain number of sites per the schedule or get beat on by the governments concerned, and that's the only explanation I can think of.stutech said:Anybody have any insight into why Electrify America has several stations that were completed months ago that still haven't opened? I have noticed a trend where they seem to open them at random, when some stations just sit and never get opened. An example is the one in Dell, Montana completed back in October 2018, and of course still not open. I appreciate them building these out, but wonder what on earth takes them so long to open permits, internet, certification etc. One site in Mountain Home, Idaho is even powered on and displays unavailable on its screen with the correct time and banners for some unknown reason. Obviously in the case of that site if it's getting the time and powered on it must have internet access and power, but yet it sits unopened. Something else that's interesting is that they turn on random sites like Winnemucca, Nevada when most cars sans Tesla would never even be able to get there. The adjacent sites under construction to the Winnemucca site are still not opened either, so it is obviously a totally random pattern that Electrify America seems to have. It almost seems like they deliberately leave some sites unopened as if they are waiting for other sites to complete, and open them in waves. If anyone has any insight or ideas I would love to hear them.
https://www.greencarcongress.com/Electrify America, Hubject collaborate to bring Plug&Charge to more than 2,000 high-power public chargers by year end
About time someone other than Tesla did this.Electrify America and Hubject, a recognized leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging interoperability and “Plug&Charge” technology capabilities, announced a strategic agreement that will allow people to pay for their electric vehicle charging simply by plugging in their vehicles.
Hubject will provide its expertise to Electrify America in a variety of areas surrounding the implementation of the global standard ISO 15118 (earlier post) into the North American market, the most prevalent functionality for what is commonly referred to as “Plug&Charge.”
By bringing ISO 15118 to all of Electrify America’s DC fast and home AC chargers, this technology is also the first step to enable EV smart charging and vehicle to grid (V2G) communications. It enables the vehicle to automatically authenticate and authorize a charging session using secure digital communication, eliminating the need for membership RFID cards, credit cards or mobile apps. . . .
Electrify America will be the first DC fast charging network in the United States to provide this technology at its charging stations. Several automakers are beginning to add this capability in their cars. . . .
With a focus on both future and present-day electric vehicles, Electrify America’s charging systems have a range in power from 50kW, the most commonly used fast charging for electric vehicles today, up to 150kW and 350kW for its highway stations. All of those stations are prepared for Plug&Charge and will be updated with software later this year. The company will install more than 500 DC fast charging station sites in the United States by the end of 2019. . . .
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