Canadian electric vehicle charging company FLO has announced a new partnership with General Motors that will see it install Level 2 chargers at various GM workplaces across the United States.
“FLO is proud to announce the installation of the first wave of workplace electric vehicle charging stations as part of a multi-year agreement with General Motors, whereby FLO provides AC Level 2 and DC fast chargers for GM to be installed on their premises in the United States,” FLO said in a press release issued Wednesday.
These FLO charging stations will be installed at more than 120 locations across the United States, including GM office buildings, manufacturing plants, fulfillment centers and more. The company has already shipped more than 350 chargers to GM plants and offices, with some of these chargers installed at worksites in New York City, Austin, Arlington and Flint.
Rick Spina, Vice President, AV/EV Commercialization and Infrastructure at GM, said this effort is part of GM’s desire to see all Americans drive electric vehicles.
“At GM, we are committed to putting everyone in an EV,” Spina said. “Doing so will require making EV charging readily accessible where people work, which is why we are excited to work with FLO to increase charging for our own employees, whether they are at an engineering or manufacturing facility.”
GM also announced this week it had entered a partnership with U.S. charging company Blink to install electric vehicle charging stations at its dealerships in the United States and Canada. The automaker plans to install up to 40,000 Level 2 chargers across the U.S. and Canada through this initiative, which it calls the Dealer Community Charging Program. GM says 90 percent of Americans currently live within 10 miles of a GM dealer, so this program should increase access to charging stations for most EV owners in the U.S.
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120 locations across America! Well kiss my grits!
Pretty useless without a 20” HD screen in it.
So they are optimistic that 120 employees will buy one of GM electric cars “ Good Luck”!but ambitious LOL
Level 2 chargers at a dealership are worthless. Who is going to go to a dealer to sit for 4-8 hours to charge? I charge on a L2 charger at home. Works great as we are always plugged in when home. Takes 4 hours to charge my Volt from a drained battery to full. A BEV with a decent battery would take all night at L2.
If they really want to provide public charging, they need to be installing DC Fast Chargers
Who is going to be able to afford these electric cars, New electric Silverado over 100 G.
No the- base Electric Silverado is $39,900 MSRP and that is before tax incentives and rebates.
So probably in the $35,000 range
The base gas Silverado is $32,095 MSRP
Fuel is a third of the cost with electric, No oil changes, No tune ups, No spark plugs. No exhaust, sytem.
Low maintenance. No emissions (soot oil or dirt.)
Read the article. DC Fast chargers will be built also.
John:
Dealerships will want limited charging rates due to the otherwise high cost of the charging equipment (Level 2 things are dirt cheap with trivial installation costs), and they don’t want to pay greatly increased demand charges on the monthly electric bill.
Level 2 docking stations make great sense for Dealerships since they will USE them themselves as a PROFIT CENTER….. Just as a Gas Rental charges the customer for not returning the rental with a full tank – so electric vehicles will incur a FEE to the dealership for not returning the vehicle fully charged…. THIS IS GRAVY for the dealership.
Especially when the Level 2 mandate is not standard 7.2kw. It is mandated to be 19.2kw. Almost 3 times faster than a standard level 2.
Hi John, the level 2’s GM requires at the dealerships are 19.2kw level 2 not 7.2kw.
The GM dealerships are required to have 1 DCFC 50kw and 1 19.2kw level 2. One to fast charge sold and demo units and the second to top off.