ChargePoint launches small DC quick charging stations
ChargePoint have released plans to release smaller charging points, aimed for locations where people would spend short periods of time such as shops and restaurants to charge their electric vehicles. Like BMW the charging point uses a combined energy standard (CSS), a system employed by many German automobile makers. ChargePoint are also planning to reveal two connectors meaning that non German EV's such as Nissan Leaf or Kia Soul EV can also benefit from the charging stations. The company say that the points will also be among the cheapest available to charge electric vehicles.
ChargePoint hopes to increase the availability of public DC fast charging for electric cars by offering a smaller charging station.

The charging network's new Express 100 station is aimed at businesses that may want to offer fast charging to customers.

That includes retail stores, restaurants, and other places where drivers might be inclined to hang out while their cars charge.

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The 24-kilowatt Express 100 station is similar to the compact fast-charging stations BMW developed to support its plug-in cars.

Like the BMW station, the ChargePoint unit uses the Combined Charging Standard (CCS)--also known as SAE Combo--employed by the majority of U.S. and German carmakers.

"Currently this station comes with an SAE Combo connector, but we have plans to launch it with CHAdeMO later this year," ChargePoint communications director Erin Mellon told Green Car Reports.

ChargePoint Express 100 DC fast-charging station

The Tesla Model S uses Tesla's own Supercharger standard, but an adapter is available to allow drivers to plug into CHAdeMO stations.

ChargePoint says the Express 100 will be one of the lowest-cost of its type available, although it would not discuss pricing specifics.

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The debut of the Express 100 follows the launch of the Express 200, a 50-kW station introduced earlier this year.

ChargePoint claims there are already 144 Express DC fast-charging locations on its networks.

The company is currently working with BMW and Volkswagen to install more CCS stations in heavily-traveled parts of the U.S.

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At the 2015 Washington Auto Show back in January, the three companies announced plans to build 100 CCS sites, concentrated in two major corridors.

One will run from Boston to Washington, D.C., along Interstate 95, the other will run down the West Coast to connect Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego.

The sites will be placed no more than 50 miles apart, and will also include 240-volt AC Level 2 charging--which can be used by every electric car currently sold in the U.S.

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