August 2009 Archives

Coulomb Technologies today announced that the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County is the first municipality in the State of Tennessee to install and deploy ChargePoint™ Networked Charging Stations for plug-in electric vehicles. The charging stations are now installed in downtown Nashville in the new 700 space parking garage located on the Fulton Campus. The charging stations, available for employee and fleet use have been installed to reduce greenhouse emissions and to raise awareness of readiness for electric vehicles.

Below is the press release. For more information or photos, please contact Anne Smith, public relations 408-313-8089.

COULOMB TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES NASHVILLE AS LATEST CITY TO INSTALL CHARGING STATIONS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES

ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations Installed in New Downtown Parking Garage

NASHVILLE, Tenn. August 13, 2009 - Coulomb Technologies, the leader in charging station infrastructure, today announced that the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County is the first municipality in the State of Tennessee to install and deploy ChargePoint™ Networked Charging Stations for plug-in electric vehicles. The charging stations are now installed in downtown Nashville in the new 700 space parking garage located on the Fulton Campus. The charging stations, available for employee and fleet use have been installed to reduce greenhouse emissions and to raise awareness of readiness for electric vehicles. Coulomb distributor Green Power Technology, http://www.GPTechnology.com the exclusive distributor in the northeast U.S. for the ChargePoint Network charging stations, provided sales and support for this installation.

"Networked charging stations for plug-in vehicles in Nashville brings music to our ears," said Richard Lowenthal, CEO of Coulomb Technologies. "Nashville is laying the groundwork for the future of clean and alternative energy in Tennessee. These charging stations not only create awareness for electric vehicles and their necessary infrastructure, but will give employees of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County a new destination choice for charging their vehicle."

"These charging stations support Mayor Dean's vision to make Nashville the greenest and most livable city in the Southeast. Our hope is that businesses across Nashville and Davidson County will see what we're doing and implement similar practices." said Nancy Whittemore, Director of General Services.

Coulomb Technologies charging stations are used in municipalities, utilities, green office buildings and parking garages and to allow consumers to charge their electric vehicles wherever they live, work and shop. Consumers subscribe to the ChargePointSM Network and receive a ChargePoint Smart Card that allows them to charge their car at any charging station worldwide, now including Nashville. The ChargePoint Network enabled charging stations provide:

• Notification by SMS Text or email when charging is complete
• The ability for drivers to find unoccupied charging stations via web-enabled cell phones
• Authenticated access to eliminate energy theft
• Authorized energizing for safety
• Remote monitoring and diagnostics for superior quality of service
• Smart Grid integration for utility load management with future V2G capabilities

DMC Green announced today \they have opened the first electric vehicle charging station in West Sacramento, CA. The DMC-owned charging station, featuring a Coulomb Technologies ChargePoint™ Networked Charging Station, is the first of 40 DMC charging stations now in contract scheduled for installation throughout California.

The official unveiling of the charging station took place on Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 10:00 am at the DMC Harbor Point 76 Station in West Sacramento. (705 Harbor Point Pl, West Sacramento).

The 76 station is the first fuel station to offer a selection of three alternative and renewable fuels to local residents and businesses, now offers electric vehicle charging.

Coulomb Technologies also congratulated Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a subsidiary of ECOtality, on the award of their U.S. Department of Energy grant of approximately $99.8 million. The grant will allow eTec to undertake the largest deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and charging infrastructure in U.S. history. eTec will install electric vehicle charging infrastructure and deploy up to 1,000 Nissan battery electric vehicles in five states: Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington and install approximately 12,500 Level 2 (220V) charging systems and 250 Level 3 (fast-charge) systems. Coulomb is proud and honored to be included as a charging partner for the grant.

Late last year at the Electric Drive Transportation Association EDTA summit in Washington DC we learned that Nissan has been a partner with the Better Place Network and this expansion may be related to their development of car systems for that project as well.