I visited Electric Motor Werks in San Ramon yesterday https://emotorwerks.com/ and apparently I was the first Beta-tester of their CHAdeMO 50kW charger that they have been testing in-house on their own vehicles for over 100 charging sessions recently and will soon release. I do not know their pricing, but I suspect that it will be very competitive, probably below $10k. I do know that it is entirely developed in-house incl production/assembly and the concept they are using is quite innovative, this is the first Smart Grid enabled Fast Charger, so they can integrate it into their network and you can earn money with it (JuicePoints is one of their programs). This means that the charger can earn back its investment if it is used often enough. The cool thing with this Fast Charger is that it only requires a standard single phase 208 or 240V connection which is way cheaper and easier to find than the 480 Delta connections that almost all other Fast Chargers require, as 480V is the standard for a business park service connection but it is hard to find that voltage elsewhere. There is some other amazing feature of this Fast Charger that I rather see that they disclose themselves, so I won't post it on here. They are still in the final stages of the basic development, working on things such as the cooling. That is why I only saw 110 Amps into my pack (at something like 390V) because they have for now limited the power to 44kW while improving the cooling. The voltage and current were reported by my Leaf itself via LeafSpy, so independent from what EMW was doing (I like independent verification of claims).
So, while they are not yet ready for release, I would certainly keep en eye out for the Fast Charger from EMW. Regards, Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info http://www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of paul dove via EV Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2016 12:32 PM To: EVDL Administrator; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] PG&E's EV Charging Plan Still Angers Industry Players ... Do you know of a DC fast charger that has a lower price? All the ones I looked at were in this ballpark. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 2, 2016, at 12:44 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 2 Aug 2016 at 1:03, brucedp5 via EV wrote: >> >> $22 million for 1,500 EV chargers ... > > A charger costs $14,667? Seriously? Good grief. > >> But PG&E´s proposal would require all EV charger hosts to charge their >> customers based on prescribed time-of-use rates ... > > I think I see what PGE are doing, but why should they get to stipulate what > the CUSTOMER pays? They should bill the energy used to the company > providing the chargers, on whatever terms (time of use or otherwise) they > negotiate. Then it's up to the charging provider to recover that cost from > its customers -- or, if they want to, from the site hosting the charger, or > by some other means. > > Perhaps I'm just naive, and I know it would cost more -- but I wonder if a > charging provider couldn't avoid all this power company hassle by consuming > no grid power at all -- rather using PV or another alternative energy source > to power their charging stations. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
