City of San Francisco Installs Three Coulomb Charging Stations at City Hall

18 February 2009

The City of San Francisco has installed three Coulomb Technologies Smartlet Networked Charging Stations at City Hall. The charging stations are a part of a two-year public demonstration conducted with the City of San Francisco—a pilot project to power San Francisco’s plug-in fleet and car-share plug-in vehicles.

The networked charging stations are located across the street from City Hall on the plaza. Coulomb’s charging stations are part of a smart networked charging infrastructure, called the ChargePoint Network that addresses needs of electric vehicle drivers, utilities, municipalities, and parking space owners.

The City of San Francisco’s charging stations have new technology that supports clean fleets such as that owned by the City. The Fleet Management Portal includes features such as interactive charts that summarize gasoline saved and greenhouse gases saved, displays of which vehicles are charging, which vehicles are fully charged, and which vehicles are overdue for charging. The Fleet Management Portal also includes smartphone text messaging that alerts EV drivers when cars need charging, when they are fully charged, and when charging is interrupted.