Leading the Conversation on Recent Industry Changes, Opening the Largest Non-Tesla Fast Charging Site in Oregon, and More!
Electric Era
Electric Era is building the future of car refill for the next generation of drivers
We've been busy with a new NEVI win, opening our largest station to date, and prepping for our EV industry webinar on June 6th
???? Officially Open: Seven Feathers Truck and Travel's 1.2 MW Station is Now Live!?
The largest non-Tesla EV fast charging site in Oregon is open for business! On May 28th we officially opened our 1.2MW station with 12 EV stalls at Seven Feathers Truck and Travel in Canyonville, OR. Thanks to all our partners and customers in making this exciting milestone a reality!?
?If you're ever in Southern Oregon on I-5 be sure to stop in and charge up!?
???? ??? Webinar Announcement - EV Charging's Defining Moment
We welcome you to attend our June 6th webinar at 1PM ET / 10am PT to hear from industry experts on the impacts of recent changes in the EV Charging ecosystem.?
Attendees will gain insights on navigating industry turbulence, understanding the effect on project economics, and mapping future of EV fast charging.?
The event will be hosted and moderated by renowned EV charging analyst Loren McDonald who will be joined by Electric Era CEO Quincy Lee, Nikita Demidov - Manager of Energy Strategy at Trillium Energy Solutions & Love's Travel Shops, and Emma Wyma from the Washington State Department of Commerce.
We already have over 100 registrations and the event will be packed with the smartest retailers, QSR leaders, policy makers and state officials driving the build out of America's EV fast charging infrastructure.
?? ?? Kentucky NEVI Program Funding Award
Electric Era, in partnership GPM Investments, was selected as one of the 18 new EV fast-charging station grant award winners in Round 3 of Kentucky's NEVI EV Charging Program!?
Our station will be located in Hazard, KY, on KY-80 off of KY-15. This round awarded $11M in funding, bringing Kentucky’s total formula grants under the NEVI program to $27.2M ??? “Kentucky is leading the way as we build out a reliable and convenient electric vehicle charging network for the drivers who live here and for those who come to visit our great state,” said Gov. Beshear. “With these new awardees, our EV Charging Program will add a total of 42 new fast charging stations along Kentucky’s interstates and parkways.”?
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?? ?? California Proposes New Reliability Standards - Electric Era is in Full Support
A critical part of hastening the adoption of electric vehicles is ensuring that refueling infrastructure is highly reliable and easy to use. Government programs like NEVI require chargers to achieve 97% uptime, but the industry to date has focused just on uptime and not as much on session reliability, which arguably matters even more.?
This is why we were very excited to see recent proposed policy from the California Energy Commission which would – for the first time in the United States – define and measure “successful charge attempt rate” (SCAR). Simply put, this just means when you plug in it works. Here's the language from the CEC:
Ninety percent of the time that a customer attempts to initiate a charging session at a regulated charger the charging session must last at least five minutes, which will be considered a successful charge for this regulation. The minimum SCAR is defined on a per-port and not-site basis; each charger at a charging site must achieve a SCAR of at least 90 percent to comply.
We believe that establishing session reliability standards, as CEC proposes doing, will go a long way toward addressing reliability issues, improving the driver experience, and spurring greater EV adoption.
We at Electric Era see the CEC’s regulations as a collective call to action for the entire industry, and we’re excited to do our part in providing a charging experience worthy of our customers and the driving public.
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We're growing and looking for talented individuals to join our mission of revolutionizing EV charging infrastructure. Check out our latest job openings:
You can see all of our openings on our Careers page here!
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The Electric Era Team