Electrify America unveiled a new redesign of its charging stations. These are specifically designed to make them more consumer friendly. The company said These new changes include labels that indicate the charging levels. It has a new “balanced charging” system that delivers the maximum charge possible to each vehicle and clearer payment options. These create a more familiar “gas station”-like experience.
Recently One of the biggest issues with charging stations is that they found, Nowadays consumers often don’t know the charging speeds of their own EVs. So that’s why the current labeling (CCS and CHAdeMO) may not make sense.
Now Electrify America will keep the CHAdeMo for low-level (up to 50kW charging), but use new labels above that: Ultra-Fast (up to 150 kW and Hyper-Fast (up to 350kW), not unlike mid-grade and premium gas options. Electrify America’s Robert Barrosa said that “We want to help make the transition to EV charging easier by translating kilowatt ratings into simple names like Hyper-Fast and Ultra-Fast with corresponding colors to help them make a selection at the charger,” The company on the top of that introducing something called “Balanced Charging” for each pair of chargers at a single power cabinet, to ensure your EV gets the maximum kilowatts possible. For instance, if a vehicle that can handle a 150kW charge pulls into a station, the charger will detect its capacity and deliver the maximum 150kW, that’s good. If another with a 280kW capacity then pulls in, it will automatically deliver 200kW to the second vehicle until the first requests less than 150kW. Each charger supporting that system will be marked as “Balanced.”
Previously Electrify America announced that it’ll expand to 1,800 fast charging stations and 10,000 individual chargers across North America by 2026.
