Coulomb ChargePoint Network Station Debuts in California
- Jul 23, 2008 2:11 AM EST
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San Jose, California, served as the debut location of electric-car charging stations by start-up company Coulomb Technologies. ChargePoint Network's Smartlet Charging Stations are 110v outlets which can easily be integrated onto poles and streetlights. Coulomb is planning to demonstrate the outlet on a Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid during the Plug-In 2008 conference. The company's aim is to produce outlets for use on a national scale, aiming for a total of two stations per car. Each Smartlet Charging Station would cost between $1,000 and $2,000 for now.
Other technologies of the Coulomb ChargePoint Network include the Smartlet Communications Network, a meshed network which communicates with the Network Operating System for authentication and access among other things, and the ChargePoint Network Operating System which is in charge of managing the Smartlet Charging Stations through the use of Smartlet Communications Network.