Coulomb Says Its Home Charging Station for Electric Vehicles Is Now Available

Coulomb Says Its Home Charging Station for Electric Vehicles Is Now Available

By Scott Doggett July 26, 2010

Coulomb Technologies today announced the availability of its residential charging stations for electric vehicles.

The Campbell, Calif., company's new CT500 Level II (208-240 volts at 30 amps) ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations are designed for home and light commercial use.

The announcement expands Coulomb's spectrum of products for EVs from home to Level III fast charging stations. Pricing of the CT500 charging station starts at $2,500 excluding installation, Coulomb spokeswoman Anne Smith told Green Car Advisor.

The ChargePoint Network is based on an open interface, standards-based architecture that provides station owners with a complete set of business applications to market and bill for electric transportation fueling services, and provides drivers with EV charging applications to make fueling easy.
 
The CT500 charging station is a 7.2-kilowatt single output station designed for residential and light commercial applications. It is compatible with plug-in electric vehicles that comply with the SAE J1772 plug-in electric vehicle-charging standard.

Companies participating in or supporting the SAE J1772 standard include General Motors, Chrysler, Ford, Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Tesla. The charging station is compatible with the Nissan Leaf battery-electric car and Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid, available later this year.

Other companies that are working on or have developed EV chargers compatible with SAE J1772 include AeroVironment, ClipperCreek, General Electric, GoSmart Technologies and Leviton. Competing standards exist in Europe and Japan.

The CT500 is compatible with Leviton's recently announced innovative Evr-Green EVSE installation system. This industry-first prewire mounting system provides for simple plug-in installation for new charging stations.  
 
Coulomb's ChargePoint Network is open to all drivers of plug-in vehicles and provides authentication, management and real-time control for the networked electric vehicle charging stations.

The network of electric vehicle charging stations is accessible to all plug-in drivers by making a toll free call to the 24/7 number on each charging station, or signing up for a ChargePoint Network monthly access plan and obtaining a ChargePoint ChargePass smart card.

Scott Doggett, Contributing Editor

Scott Doggett:  is an AutoObserver.com Associate Editor.