Electric Vehicle Network - Infrastructure Providers

Infrastructure Providers

• Elektromotive Elektromotive is a UK based company specialising in the manufacture and installation of charging infrastructure for electric cars and other electric vehicles, using their trade name of Elektrobay. The company has partnerships with major corporations including EDF Energy and Mercedes-Benz to supply charging posts and data services.
• Coulomb Technologies´ ChargePoint Network includes public charging stations, a consumer subscription plan and utility grid management technology to help electric utility companies to smooth electrical demands on the grid. Coulomb Technologies is developing their commercial ChargePoint network in the U.S., Norway, the Netherlands and Germany. The ChargePoint network does not include battery swap stations as of 2009.

• Better Place was started by Shai Agassi on October 29, 2007, focusing on building massive scale Electric Recharge Grids as infrastructure to support the deployment of electric vehicles (including plug-in hybrids). The company had said it was in talks with more than 25 countries around the world. Better Place called themselves the first Electric Recharge Grid Operator (ERGO) and was developing commercial electric vehicle networks in Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Israel, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S. Better Place planned to include battery switching, or swapping, stations in their network which would allow drivers to quickly exchange an electric vehicle's discharged battery pack for a fully charged pack. In Better Place's business model, the battery pack is owned by the network operator who then bills the electric vehicle owner for use of the battery based on distance traveled.

• Park & Charge is a European Charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. Park & Charge was founded in 1992 by members of the electric car club in Switzerland (ECS). Today there is a Park & Charge at nearly 500 locations in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Holland and Italy, offering a safe and easy way for drivers of electric vehicles to charge their vehicle batteries. The locations of the charging stations in Europe will be published in LEMnet internet database which is operated by Park & Charge.

• Advanced Energy, in partnership with Rocky Mountain Institute has announced a Request for Information (RFI) for EVSE specific to charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles (EV).

• EV-Charge America of Las Vegas has developed the first networked charging stations capable of charging up to 4 vehicles simultaneously. They have sold charging stations worldwide and are working to provide the most advanced grid management software tools in the industry for utility companies and vehicle communications.

• EV Connect Inc, has been party to a number of electric vehicle infrastructure grants from the California Energy Commission including the upgrade of existing charging infrastructure across the State and building an integrated transit EV charging network with the Los Angeles Metro.
• BlueMobility Systems develops and provides smart solutions for charging all types of electric vehicles. Belongs to a new current of mobility, offering solutions for the intelligent charging of all kind of electric vehicles (EV).

• CIRCONTROL is a European manufacturer of recharging stations for electric vehicles with one of the most advanced and complete range of products with a real production nowadays (2011)so it is supplying to municipalities and parkings with actually more than 2000 charging points installed and working in countries suchs as Norway, Spain, Sweden, UK, Ireland, Italy, Poland.

• POD Point is a UK based provider of charging point infrastructure. They provide next generation electric vehicle charging with each POD Point able to charge two vehicles simultaneously and are compatible with all electric vehicles which can charge at the standard domestic rate. Pod Points are all linked to the network which allows integrated flexible billing, detailed usage analysis and remote management. They also provide a live availability of their charging stations to update users as to the vacant charging bays. The company has also expanded into Europe with a number of charging stations being installed in Ireland.

• Car Charging Group is a Miami Beach based infrastructure provider that has installed a number of stations in Florida, specifically Dania Beach, Aventura, Pompano Beach and Delray Beach.

• School Charging is a New York City based not-for-profit founded by Ken Fields that raises funds to install charging stations at schools, with no cost to the school. The organization is open for any school to participate.

• Next Green Car's Zap-Map is the most comprehensive map showing electric vehicle charging points of all types across the UK.
• Greenlots develops and markets a robust, network-enabled charging system with the flexibility to cater to different socket types, various modes of charging as well as branding customisation. They supply network operators with the hardware, software and support to enable them to install, own and operate their own local network of charging devices. The platform was developed, manufactured and tested in Singapore, and the solution is now rolled out internationally throughout Asia, as well as Europe and North America.