British Columbia’s first Zero motorcycle owner charged up today as the first-ever visitor to use one of the two Coulomb charge stations available at Rapid Electric Vehicles’ Clark drive location.

Walter Coates, the owner, discovered the charging station at REV Headquarters through the ChargePoint iPhone app. The station was on his route home from the Vancouver Aquarium. He was able to stop at REV, plug-in, chat with REV CEO Jay Giraud and fellow REV employees, and walk to a Starbucks just a few blocks away while his motorcycle charged. The ChargePoint iPhone app alerts him when his EV is fully charged, and the networked station disconnects to save electricity.

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