Funded by $2 billion from Volkswagen's diesel emissions settlement, Electrify America wants to have hundreds of stations and nearly 2,000 chargers in place the end of this year.
Almost a year to the day after opening its first charging station, Electrify America claims to be rolling out the country's fastest-growing network of fast chargers.
Extended-range vehicles, offering anywhere from 200 to nearly 400 miles per charge, are starting to roll out in large numbers from mainstream brands like Daimler, Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen, as well as start-ups like Tesla and Rivian. The company is spending that money on a mix of consumer education and infrastructure, the latter drawing the vast majority of the funding. Though housed in the same, faceless office complex as Volkswagen's U.S. headquarters, the settlement calls for Electrify America to operate as an independent entity.
Electrify America's initial focus is on regions with high levels of EV ownership like California and parts of the East Coast, he said. But it eventually plans to have charging stations that are no more than 70 miles apart along all major roadways in most states. Urban areas where EV ownership is expected to peak will have more of them.
Moving forward, Electrify America's new Level 3 systems will almost all provide a minimum of 150 kilowatts at 400 volts and many will push even further, taking that up to a full 250 kW and 800 volts. That's far more than most of the current crop of battery-cars can handle. The new Porsche Taycan will be the first to be able to make full use of the technology, which can add about 20 miles of range per minute.
Normally, a user has to plug their vehicle in and go through a set-up process similar to paying for a tank of gas. But this time, as Cutler plugs a battery-car into a charger prototype, everything is handled automatically. New software allows the charger to query the vehicle's on-board controller to find out how much power it can handle and how to bill it.
Pricing can vary from company to company and even from one state to another. Charging companies typically offer discounted subscription services but they also penalize non-subscribers with"hook-up" fees of as much as $5.
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