Nissan and Car Charging Group, a nationwide provider of convenient electric vehicle charging services, revealed a joint initiative to make EV charging more "readily available" and to expand awareness of the electric car market.
"Nissan's commitment to expanding EV charging infrastructure, including quick chargers with businesses such as CarCharging, not only supports today's Nissan LEAF and other EV drivers, but also helps prepare communities for the increasing use of EVs," said Brendan Jones, Nissan director of EV Infrastructure according to the company press release. "With more than 25,000 Nissan LEAFs already on U.S. roads, bolstering infrastructure further accelerates the adoption curve as it provides range confidence and promotes additional zero-emissions driving."
CarCharging and Nissan will work together to figure out the placement of the new EV chargers, which is expected to be in key locations throughout the U.S. by the end of 2013 according to a Nissan press release.
Nissan's charger stations located around the country have "drastically" reduced charging times, and are capable of charging a Nissan Leaf to 80 percent in just 30 minutes. The goal for this partnership is to introduce at least 48 new Nissan-branded quick charger stations in locations like California and on the East Coast.
CarCharging is also reportedly developing a movable app to provide real-time charging station location information, turn-by-turn directions to the stations, and access capability for all CarCharging EV stations according to Nissan.
"CarCharging is thrilled to enhance our products and services by including Nissan's quick chargers in our public EV charging network and to offer our evCharge card to consumers who purchase a LEAF at a Nissan dealership," said Michael D. Farkas, CEO of CarCharging according to the press release. "Through our partnership with Nissan, we are eager to expand the EV market by educating consumers who don't live in single-family homes and may not be aware of public EV charging services available today."
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