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68fastback
06-02-2010, 06:41 PM
FORD PUTS CHARGE IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE PLANS; PARTNERS WITH COULOMB TECHNOLOGIES TO PROVIDE FREE CHARGING STATIONS TO SOME OF ITS FIRST ELECTRIC VEHICLE OWNERS


Ford Motor Company is partnering with Coulomb Technologies to provide free in-home ChargePoint® Networked Charging Stations for some of the automaker’s first electric vehicle customers under the Ford Blue Oval ChargePoint Program.
The Ford Blue Oval ChargePoint Program is part of Coulomb Technologies’ $37 million ChargePoint America charging station infrastructure project made possible by a grant funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the Transportation Electrification Initiative administered by the Department of Energy.
Coulomb Technologies will begin installing nearly 5,000 home and public ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations under this program in Austin, Texas, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Fla., Sacramento, Calif., the San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area, Redmond, Wash., and Washington D.C.
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Alloy Dave
06-02-2010, 10:52 PM
We need an inside scoop, who do we know in those areas? How do they select the homes? I want pics and a full report monthly. :boxing:
Little Debbie
06-03-2010, 01:14 AM
A list of the current charging stations can be found here: http://chargepointamerica.com/charging-find-stations.php

Apparently, charging stations can be applied for and suggested as well.
68fastback
06-03-2010, 01:58 AM
We need an inside scoop, who do we know in those areas? How do they select the homes? I want pics and a full report monthly. :boxing:

lol - no prob ...I sent a note to Mulally from your email address. :tease2:
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I think for now you have to first buy a Ford Transit Connect EV ...the free charging stations (5,000) sound like a promo betw Ford and ChargePoint. The electric cars start next year but don't really ramp-up until 2012. I think I read the first Ford passenger EV will be based on the new Focus.