News and Updates

The Electric Drive Transportation Association has released the latest sales figures for plug-in vehicles. In October, 10,060 plug-in vehicles were sold in the United States, representing a 24 percent increase over the previous month and 43 percent increase over October of 2012. There have now been 148,854 plug-in vehicles sold nationwide.

Pasquale Romano, CEO of ChargePoint – the company that built the world’s largest and most open electric vehicle (EV) charging network – released the following statement today on the signing of a memorandum of understanding between eight states (California, Oregon, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts and Vermont) to accelerate sales of zero-emission vehicles.

ChargePoint – the company with the nation’s largest electric vehicle charging station network – today released a list of the Top 10 Metropolitan Areas for electric vehicles. The San Francisco Bay Area (including San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose) led the nation, followed by Seattle, San Diego, Austin, and Honolulu.

ChargePoint – the company that built the world’s largest and most open electric vehicle (EV) charging network – has been named one of the Top 100 clean technology companies in the world.

Collaborative program to improve access to EV charging stations is led by ChargePoint, City of San Diego, the California Energy Commission and other San Diego partners

Pasquale Romano, CEO of ChargePoint – the company with the nation’s largest electric vehicle charging network – released the following statement on tomorrow’s third annual National Plug In Day.

Fuji Electric Corp. of America announced that they have reached the 1000th charging session on their Electric Vehicle Charging Station at the Residence Inn by Marriott in Dana Point/San Juan Capistrano, CA, marking a major milestone for the electronics manufacturer and the EV industry in the US. The station was the first publicly available DC Quick Charger on the ChargePoint® Network upon its introduction in November 2012, and has become one of the busiest charging stations on the West coast. Owned and operated by EV-integrator Evoasis, it is conveniently located along the I-5 interstate, offering electric vehicle drivers a quick and easy 20-30 minute charging experience.

SB 286 would extend through 2018the white sticker program that allows Inherently Low Emission Vehicles and Transitional Zero Emission Vehicles, such as plug-in hybrid vehicles to access the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) highway lanes, while AB 266 extends the green sticker program which does the same for electric, hydrogen, and natural gas-fueled cars. This will help to encourage the purchases of these vehicles, reducing California’s carbon footprint and petroleum consumption, while being of benefit to our economy.

ChargePoint Vice President of Marketing Dimitrios Papadogonas will join a panel of experts for a conference held by Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) entitled “Pathway to 2050 – Achieving California’s Advanced Energy Goals.” Papadogonas will be joined by an array of leaders from the business, political and investment communities to discuss the challenges and opportunities in meeting the state’s energy goals through secure, clean and affordable energy solutions.

Today, ChargePoint CEO Pat Romano joined San José Mayor Chuck Reed to celebrate their five-year partnership and the growing electric vehicle (EV) industry. In 2008, the City of San José became ChargePoint’s first customer and one of the first cities nationwide to install an electric vehicle (EV) charging station. To celebrate this landmark occasion, ChargePoint is providing the city with one of their newest charging stations from the recently announced CT4000 Series.