April 20th, 2010
Grand Geneva Celebrates Earth Week by Becoming First Resort in the Midwest to Offer ChargePoint Networked Electric Car Charging Stations
April 20, 2010 Unveiling Planned for Eco-Friendly Resort’s Latest Green Initiative
Lake Geneva, WI April 20, 2010 – Its 1,300 rolling acres were formed by glacial deposits millions of years ago. Now, Grand Geneva Resort & Spa is about to become home to the 21st century’s hottest automotive technology. The AAA Four Diamond Grand Geneva will celebrate Earth Week 2010 by becoming the first resort in the Midwest region to offer an on-site charging station for electric, plug-in automobiles. The resort will provide the charging service as a complimentary amenity to both resort guests and the general public, meaning that electric car owners living as far away as Chicago can now travel to the Grand Geneva and back without spending a penny on transportation costs.
The resort purchased one California-based Coulomb Technologies ChargePoint® Networked Charging Station and will hold an official unveiling on April 20, 2010, as part of Earth Week festivities that further Grand Geneva’s mission of reducing its carbon footprint. The resort will provide the charging service as a complimentary amenity to both resort guests and the general public. Coulomb’s Midwest distributor Carbon Day Automotive installed and will maintain the charging station.
Read the entire release here.
 ChargePoint Networked Charging Station Ready to Go!
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April 12th, 2010
Whole Foods Market Unveils Coulomb Technologies ChargePoint Networked Charging Station Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles
 Whole Foods Market Flagship store in Austin Texas First Station at Flagship Store in Austin, TX Opens April 12, 2010 with 10:00 am Press Conference
Campbell, CA April 12, 2010 – Coulomb Technologies the leader in electric vehicle charging station infrastructure today announced that Whole Foods Market has installed their first ChargePoint® Networked Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles (EV). The charging station is located at Whole Foods Market flagship store: 525 N. Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703. To kickoff the unveiling, Whole Foods Market will hold a press conference that includes Chris Riley, Austin City Council, Mark Dixon, Whole Foods Market Southwest Regional President; Guy Mannino, Coulomb’s exclusive Southwest distributor Verdek, LLC, and Karl Rabago, Austin Energy Vice President for Distributed Energy Services. The official unveiling of the station in downtown Austin Texas takes place on Monday, April 12, 2010 at 10:00 am. Available to the public, the event will also feature electric vehicles including an electric sports car.
Read the entire press release here.
Tags: EV, EV Austin Texas, EV Charging Stations, Guy Mannino, Whole Foods Charging Station
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April 8th, 2010
 Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum EV Infrastructure Design to be Featured in “Why Design Now?” Exhibition May 14, 2010, through Jan. 9, 2011
April 5, 2010 - Campbell, CA. Coulomb Technologies today announced that the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum”National Design Triennial: Why Design Now?”. The exhibition title asks the question “Why Design Now?” to examine why design thinking is an essential tool for solving some of today’s most urgent problems; what draws creative thinkers, makers and problem solvers to this crucial field of discovery; and why business leaders, policy makers, consumers and citizens should embrace design values. Key developments across design disciplines will be presented through eight themes: energy, mobility, community, materials, prosperity, health, communication and simplicity. Coulomb’s charging station, designed by Silicon Valley-based Interform, is featured in the “Mobility” showcase as an example of design that allows people to travel across town or over a continent while conserving resources. The charging station will be on display from May 14, 2010 through Jan. 9, 2011 in New York City. has selected their ChargePoint® Networked Charging Station for electric vehicles (EV) as a part of the upcoming exhibition entitled:
Check out the full press release here
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January 29th, 2010
365 Energy enables networked roaming for EV users in Europe
Amsterdam and Bochum to offer cross-border billing and roaming
Coulomb EMEA partner 365 Energy today announced that the of Amsterdam and Bochum have started operations of a novel, cross-country billing and roaming system. The platform allows for electric vehicles (EVs) to be charged in various European cities by using a single customer ID card issued by the municipalities. Due to the networked billing and roaming, EV users will not only be able to access ChargePoint™ Networked Charging Stations in Europe with the same ID, they will also receive an integrated invoice at the end of each billing period. There will be no extra charge for roaming, since these cities open their ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for each other. In the near future, this will enable EV drivers to buy the electricity from their preferred provider.
The city of Amsterdam and the city of Bochum‘s public utility company Stadtwerke Bochum GmbH have been the first to install ChargePoint charging stations in the Netherlands and Germany, respectively, and are again front-runners to offer EV users this unique service. Other European cities, such as London and Lisbon and Milan are expected to follow.
“We are very pleased about the progress of establishing a networked, cross-border charging infrastructure for EVs in Europe,” said Marijke Vos of the City of Amsterdam. “With Amsterdam and Bochum spearheading the introduction of EV infrastructure in the Netherlands and Germany, we expect other municipalities to join the network.”
ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations are developed by Coulomb Technologies and exclusively marketed in Europe, the Middle East and Africa by 365 Energy. Coulomb’s advanced software technology allows utilities and governments to scale their networks to accommodate large numbers of networked charging stations. The foundation is the development of the ChargePoint™ Network powered by Coulomb’s advanced software technology. The ChargePoint Network is open to all drivers of electric vehicles and provides authentication, management, and real-time control through multiple web-based portals for hosts, fleet managers, drivers, and utilities.
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October 27th, 2009
Did you know that throughout the 1800s, there was no centralized system of paper money in the United States? Before the Federal Reserve Bank was created by the U.S. government in 1913, each bank issued its own custom money, and by the end of the 19th century, there were more than *five thousand* different kinds of bank notes floating around this country. There was no centralization. There was no standardization. It was chaos.
Fortunately, we’ve learned a valuable lesson about using industry standards.
Let me ask you a question: when you shop for a new DVD player, do you need to spend any time trying to figure out which brand of discs your new player is compatible? Or does the fact that all consumer electronics companies adhere to an industry standard when it comes to the physical dimensions of DVDs allow you the freedom to consider ALL different brands, features and models of DVD players? Of course it does.
This is why it’s critical – as we begin to consider the paradigm shift toward battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) – we must adopt an open standard when it comes to recharging these cars; this is the quickest way to ensure proliferation of these cars among the American driver. The idea that you might be forced to adapt to one specific kind of recharging technology could potentially cripple the widespread adoption of these zero-emission vehicles.
A forum of panelists convened in Palo Alto on a recent evening to discuss this topic – the title of the event was: “EVs: Transformational Change or Niche Trend?” A journalist in the audience focused in on this thread, which was picked up by Reuters.
 EV Charging Stations
It’s going to take quite a few years before ALL Americans fully embrace the idea of ‘driving clean’ – we must do nothing to retard this effort, and everything to help spur it along. Which is to say, the driver must feel completely comfortable with the ease of recharging their vehicle. Having a completely open charging system, and industry standards when it comes to charging protocols is the surest way to ensuring success.
Tags: EV Charging Stations, SAE J1772
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