ECOtality, Inc. has expanded The EV Project to the San Francisco Bay Area. ECOtality was awarded a $2.87-million contract from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) to become the Project Manager of the organization’s Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) Deployment Program. Through this program, ECOtality will oversee the installation of 2,750 home charging stations and 30 DC fast charging stations throughout the Bay Area.
ECOtality was awarded $50,000 as Project Manager for the Air District’s EVSE Deployment Program based on its experience in coordinating the national EV Project. The Bay Area regions involved in the newly introduced program are the Air District’s jurisdiction, including Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, southwestern Solano, and southern Sonoma Counties.
Through a $2.2-million award from the Air District, ECOtality will provide an EVSE Home Charger Rebate Program to install 1,500 Blink Home Chargers at Bay Area residences, out of the total 2,750 home chargers that will be installed throughout the program.
ECOtality will also implement a DC Fast Charger Program, from a $614,800 Air District award, that will allow the Company to install 20 Blink DC Fast Chargers, out of the 30 total chargers installed throughout the program. The Blink DC Fast Charger is capable of providing a full charge in under 30 minutes.
In addition to the above contracts, ECOtality is project manager of The EV Project and will oversee the installation of 15,000 commercial and residential charging stations in 17 cities and major metropolitan areas in six states and the District of Columbia, which will now include the San Francisco Bay Area. The project will provide an EV infrastructure to support the deployment of 8,300 EVs. The project is funded by the us Department of Energy through a federal stimulus grant of $114.8 million, made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The grants are matched by private investment, bringing the total value of the project to approximately $230 million.
Qualifying Bay Area residents will be able to receive a Blink Home Charging Station as well as the DC Fast Charge inlet option on the Nissan LEAF free of charge, and a credit of up to $1,200 toward the installation of the charger, by participating in The EV Project.