ChargePoint hopes to operate 2.5 million EV chargers by 2025

ChargePoint currently operates around 54,000 EV charging points — sure, it’s but a fraction of the number of gas pumps in the world, but it’s relatively plenty. Even Tesla’s growing Supercharger network only has 11,013 chargers at this point in time. Someday, however, those 54,000 chargers won’t be enough, so the company has decided to […]

ChargePoint to grow global EV charging network to 2.5 million

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Green,Green Driving,Electric,Hybrid That’s a near fifty-fold increase in the total number of chargers. Continue reading ChargePoint to grow global EV charging network to 2.5 million ChargePoint to grow global EV charging network to 2.5 million originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:01:00 EDT. Please see […]

ChargePoint lets you start your electric car charge using NFC and a smartphone

ChargePoint has announced a new feature that allows electric vehicle (EV) owners to charge their car using near-field communication (NFC) and their smartphone. This doesn’t mean your phone itself is capable of charging your car of course, though that would be fantastic. Instead, the company — which operates one of the largest EV charging networks in the […]

ChargePoint secures $125M in funding to expand European charging

ChargePoint operates over 35,000 charging spots, and has partnered with the likes of Volkswagen and BMW to expand its network, which is currently the world’s largest. ChargePoint doesn’t show signs of slowing down anytime soon, either. The EV charging network just announced the close of a round of funding worth $ 125 million. Earlier in […]

Ahead of Electric-Vehicle Push, Daimler Invests in ChargePoint

– Mercedes-Benz is busy planning a portfolio of electrified models with the upcoming launch of an all-electric EQ sub-brand around 2019 and—by 2020—a full range of complementary Mercedes plug-in hybrids. But the missing piece of the plan has been the infrastructure: With so many vehicles in the works, where do they charge, especially apartment dwellers in […]