At the Plug-In 2008 conference in San Jose CA Coulomb Technologies has announced its new Smartlet charging stations and ChargePoint network system. The plan is for the company to sell the Smartlet stations to municipal governments and parking lot owners and then provide the ChargePoint network to provide a subscription based public charging system for consumers. The Smartlets are equipped with electrical metering and wireless communications capabilities. Drivers would get a subscription through ChargePoint and then when they park their plug-in vehicles, the Smartlet would authenticate and then allow them to start charging. Parking lot owners and cities would take a cut of the revenue while a car is being charged. Coulomb plans to make the Smartlets and the network available later this year and San Jose wants to be the first city to install it. New ABGer Shannon is on hand in San Jose for the conference and will put some more info later.
[Source: Coulomb Technologies]
COULOMB TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES NEW SMART CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PLUG-IN VEHICLES
Smart Charging Stations, Payment Subscriptions and Utility Grid Management
Target New Market of Plug-In Vehicles
Campbell, CALIF. – July 21, 2008 Coulomb Technologies today announced a smart charging
infrastructure for plug-in vehicles. Coulomb has developed a complete solution targeting plug-in vehicles
including Extended Range Electric Vehicles, Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles, and Battery Electric Vehicles.
Coulomb's ChargePoint™ Network includes public charging stations, a consumer subscription plan and
utility grid management technology for electric utility companies to smooth electrical demands on the grid.
The infrastructure solution will be showcased with the Saturn Vue Plug-in Hybrid at the Plug-In 2008
Conference & Exposition July 22-24 in San Jose, Calif. in booth 302.
According to General Motors vice president of global program management, Jon Lauckner "GM is
committed to the success of the plug-in vehicles, including Extended Range Electric Vehicles like the
future Chevy Volt, and together with infrastructure solutions like that of Coulomb Technologies, we are all
moving closer to the commercialization of plug-in vehicles. Intelligent infrastructure technology like
Coulomb's is needed for the rapid adoption of plug-in vehicles and to help address the needs and concerns
of drivers, utilities, governments, and parking space owners."
Coulomb's ChargePoint Network integrates three unique components into a seamless, scalable, reliable,
cost-effective solution. At the edge of the ChargePoint Network are Smartlet™ Charging Stations that are
individually controlled through the wireless Smartlet Communications Network and the ChargePoint
Network Operating System. Coulomb's core technology includes the elements required to build and enable
a smart charging infrastructure for plug-in vehicles.
1. Smartlet Charging Stations: Perform bi-directional energy metering and control, user
authentication, and 802.15.4 wireless local area network technology, which enables a
subscription model through communication with a data center.
2. Smartlet Communications Network: Provides a high reliability meshed network using
802.15.4 technology and GSM/GRPS technology to communicate with the Network
Operating System for user authentication, access control, energy flow control and energy
metering.
3. ChargePoint Network Operating System (NOS): Manages the Smartlet Charging Stations
through the Smartlet Communications Network. The ChargePoint Network also provides web
portals for subscribers, hosts and utilities. Functions include user authentication, access
control, energy flow control, location management, utility company policy administration,
user portal, host property portal, utility portal and GPS system interface.
"Major automakers have announced delivery of plug-in vehicles to the U.S. marketplace by 2010. But with
54 million garages for the 247 million registered passenger vehicles in the U.S. today, most consumers do
not have a way to charge a plug-in vehicle." said Richard Lowenthal CEO of Coulomb Technologies. "We
have developed a scalable, smart charging infrastructure that provides municipalities and parking lot
owners a recurring income stream through public charging stations that are easy to install and maintain.
Our complete technology solution also provides electric utility companies a means to control the load that
plug-in vehicles put on the grid and a means to compute and implement taxes on electricity as a
transportation fuel."
Coulomb Technologies has two inter-related businesses: a product sales business and a service business.
Smartlet Charging Stations are sold to municipalities and parking lot owners as capital equipment in a
business-to-business model. Charging access is sold to drivers of plug-in vehicles as a subscription service
in a business-to-consumer model. Both the Smartlet Charging Stations and ChargePoint Network
Operating System will be available in Q4 2008.
"Through an innovative partnership with Coulomb Technologies, San Jose is demonstrating environmental
leadership and fostering the growth of our clean tech businesses," said Mayor Chuck Reed. "Our goal is to
be the first city in the United States to demonstrate and offer opportunities for residents to charge electric
vehicles from streetlights and other infrastructure. Doing so will help the City meet its Green Vision goals."
About Coulomb
Coulomb Technologies, headquartered in Campbell, California offers a family of products and services that
provide a smart charging infrastructure for plug-in vehicles. Coulomb's ChargePoint Network addresses
needs of drivers, utilities, governments, and parking space owners. For more information, please visit
www.coulombtech.com.
Smartlet and ChargePoint are trademarks of Coulomb Technologies, Inc. in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names,
product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.
[Source: Coulomb Technologies]
COULOMB TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES NEW SMART CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PLUG-IN VEHICLES
Smart Charging Stations, Payment Subscriptions and Utility Grid Management
Target New Market of Plug-In Vehicles
Campbell, CALIF. – July 21, 2008 Coulomb Technologies today announced a smart charging
infrastructure for plug-in vehicles. Coulomb has developed a complete solution targeting plug-in vehicles
including Extended Range Electric Vehicles, Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles, and Battery Electric Vehicles.
Coulomb's ChargePoint™ Network includes public charging stations, a consumer subscription plan and
utility grid management technology for electric utility companies to smooth electrical demands on the grid.
The infrastructure solution will be showcased with the Saturn Vue Plug-in Hybrid at the Plug-In 2008
Conference & Exposition July 22-24 in San Jose, Calif. in booth 302.
According to General Motors vice president of global program management, Jon Lauckner "GM is
committed to the success of the plug-in vehicles, including Extended Range Electric Vehicles like the
future Chevy Volt, and together with infrastructure solutions like that of Coulomb Technologies, we are all
moving closer to the commercialization of plug-in vehicles. Intelligent infrastructure technology like
Coulomb's is needed for the rapid adoption of plug-in vehicles and to help address the needs and concerns
of drivers, utilities, governments, and parking space owners."
Coulomb's ChargePoint Network integrates three unique components into a seamless, scalable, reliable,
cost-effective solution. At the edge of the ChargePoint Network are Smartlet™ Charging Stations that are
individually controlled through the wireless Smartlet Communications Network and the ChargePoint
Network Operating System. Coulomb's core technology includes the elements required to build and enable
a smart charging infrastructure for plug-in vehicles.
1. Smartlet Charging Stations: Perform bi-directional energy metering and control, user
authentication, and 802.15.4 wireless local area network technology, which enables a
subscription model through communication with a data center.
2. Smartlet Communications Network: Provides a high reliability meshed network using
802.15.4 technology and GSM/GRPS technology to communicate with the Network
Operating System for user authentication, access control, energy flow control and energy
metering.
3. ChargePoint Network Operating System (NOS): Manages the Smartlet Charging Stations
through the Smartlet Communications Network. The ChargePoint Network also provides web
portals for subscribers, hosts and utilities. Functions include user authentication, access
control, energy flow control, location management, utility company policy administration,
user portal, host property portal, utility portal and GPS system interface.
"Major automakers have announced delivery of plug-in vehicles to the U.S. marketplace by 2010. But with
54 million garages for the 247 million registered passenger vehicles in the U.S. today, most consumers do
not have a way to charge a plug-in vehicle." said Richard Lowenthal CEO of Coulomb Technologies. "We
have developed a scalable, smart charging infrastructure that provides municipalities and parking lot
owners a recurring income stream through public charging stations that are easy to install and maintain.
Our complete technology solution also provides electric utility companies a means to control the load that
plug-in vehicles put on the grid and a means to compute and implement taxes on electricity as a
transportation fuel."
Coulomb Technologies has two inter-related businesses: a product sales business and a service business.
Smartlet Charging Stations are sold to municipalities and parking lot owners as capital equipment in a
business-to-business model. Charging access is sold to drivers of plug-in vehicles as a subscription service
in a business-to-consumer model. Both the Smartlet Charging Stations and ChargePoint Network
Operating System will be available in Q4 2008.
"Through an innovative partnership with Coulomb Technologies, San Jose is demonstrating environmental
leadership and fostering the growth of our clean tech businesses," said Mayor Chuck Reed. "Our goal is to
be the first city in the United States to demonstrate and offer opportunities for residents to charge electric
vehicles from streetlights and other infrastructure. Doing so will help the City meet its Green Vision goals."
About Coulomb
Coulomb Technologies, headquartered in Campbell, California offers a family of products and services that
provide a smart charging infrastructure for plug-in vehicles. Coulomb's ChargePoint Network addresses
needs of drivers, utilities, governments, and parking space owners. For more information, please visit
www.coulombtech.com.
Smartlet and ChargePoint are trademarks of Coulomb Technologies, Inc. in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names,
product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.
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