https://www.forbes.com/sites/lianeyvkoff/2019/05/29/gm-will-use-onstar-data-to-plan-its-future-ev-charging-network/#3abe3d915741 GM Will Use OnStar Data To Plan Its Future EV Charging Network May 29, 2019 Liane Yvkoff
[image https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/960x0/https%3A%2F%2Fspecials-images.forbesimg.com%2Fdam%2Fimageserve%2F42507408%2F960x0.jpg%3Ffit%3Dscale A General Motors Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle charges outside of the company's Renaissance Center world headquarters complex in Detroit. Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg ] General Motors has teamed up with Bechtel Enterprises to build a network of electric vehicle charging stations, according to an article on CNN. The companies have signed a memorandum of agreement to form a new corporate entity that will manage this new business. GM will be responsible for providing data and logistics support to determine where chargers should be placed, and Bechtel will manage the engineering, building and permitting of the stations. Neither GM nor Bechtel plans to contribute money to this new venture, rather they are seeking outside investment. Executives could not name the companies invited to participate. Automotive manufacturers have been taking the lead in rolling out electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Tesla's Supercharger network is considered the most robust, providing fast charging stations around the world that can deliver 75 miles of range in five minutes. Electrify America, which is funded by a Volkswagen as part of its emissions lawsuit settlement, is in the second phase of its roll-out, and Porsche recently announced plans to build a fast charging network of 500 stations in the U.S. and Canada. But rather than adding to the electric highway, GM may be targeting cities and other densely populated areas that don't offer electric vehicle owners a place to recharge. Many customers live in high-rises and sprawling apartment complexes that don't always offer a place to recharge, and buyers may not always have the option of installing one themselves in their garage, which has been the strategy of most EV owners to date. But GM will have an edge on the planning phase of this operation in the form of anonymized data gathered from OnStar customers that have opted into the subsidiary's data sharing program. All new GM vehicles are standard equipped with OnStar hardware that can track the vehicle's locations, and some owners subscribe to the telematics service for emergency response support and navigation. This deep well of information will help the manufacturer understand the travel habits and patterns of its customer base to figure out where it would make the most sense to build its charging stations. [© forbes.com] + https://electrek.co/2019/05/24/utility-chargepoint-evgo-and-tesla-duke-it-out/ Mexican Standoff in DC: Utility, Chargepoint & EVgo, and Tesla duke it out May 24, 2019 This would mean Tesla Superchargers would be ineligible for the wholesale electric rate that would be available to other private operators like Chargepoint ... https://i0.wp.com/electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/04/orkneyevscharging.jpg For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
