Electrify America wants to improve the charging station experience for electric vehicle owners with a concept called “The Charging Station of the Future, Today.” Boil all the jargon in the press release, and you have the kind of destination charging experience that people have been talking about for years but that haven’t built into a regular practice. The EA concept includes a “customer oasis” to hang out during the billing process, says the space offering features like valet parking, lounges, event rooms, and vehicle display areas. The illustrations show the lovely, well-lit parking lot and even a stretch of space long enough to accommodate a pickup and trailer. Check out the awnings with solar panels as well. EA says they’re on the way, with up to 500 chargers at 100 stations slated for protection from these elements. The awnings will send their collected energy to the spot the battery storage stations.
This sounds classy Audi charging center The German automaker opened a test drive in December in Nuremburg. That’s good enough to encourage a Second charging center heading to ZurichSwitzerland.
And they’re all built on top of next-generation chargers. The stand will still be 8 feet tall but takes up less space, potentially allowing EA to install more chargers in one location. Instead of each charger having two plugs, there will be only one plug at the end of the cable management system that can reach the charging port anywhere on the vehicle. The improved display will be brighter and easier to read in direct sunlight.
We say this cannot come anytime soon. We ran around New England in a Kia EV6 last week, and our experience with Electrify America stations in the area has been difficult and expensive, so we’re always glad to find a competing station. It makes us understand How does Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess feel last summer when he publicized the roast lamb VW .’s Ionity Europe Charger Partner. (For those unaware, Electrify America is a wholly owned subsidiary of VW, $2 billion funding to help clear the smoke after the diesel engine.)
The first locations to get these futuristic chargers will be Beverly Hills, San Diego, San Francisco and Santa Barbara, California, and the Manhattan and Brooklyn boroughs of New York City. Openings in those cities are scheduled for this year and 2023. Go ahead.
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