Florida Firm Inks Deal To install NYC Battery Chargers Before EVs Hit the Streets
By John O'Dell August 20, 2010
Car Charging Group, a Florida-based operator of commercial batter charging systems, said it has signed a test program deal with one of New York City's major parking lot operators.
The company, which installs, maintains and operates the chargers, said Icon Parking Systems, which has 200 lots in Manhattan, has agreed to let Car Charging provide EV charger stations at 5 of its lots - one charger per lot - for the test.
The deal "lays the groundwork in Manhattan to support the national rollout of electric automobiles on the way to dealer showrooms in late 2010," said Car Charging Group CEO Michael D. Farkas.
Car Charging, which presently uses networked chargers built by California-based Coulomb Technologies, provides chargers at no cost to retailers, parking lot owners, apartment developers and other commercial outlets that see a benefit in offering battery charging to customers who will be driving plug-in vehicles as they begin hitting the market at the end of the year.
The company will charge drivers a fee for use of the charging stations and share its revenue with the businesses that provide space for the stations.
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