Skip to main content

Atlanta to get networked electric vehicle charging stations

Electric vehicle (EV) charging provider ChargePoint, in conjunction with Lanier Parking Solutions, has installed networked electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at six locations in Atlanta. Installation of the EV charging stations is a critical step in the City of Atlanta's efforts to expand its electric vehicle footprint. There are more than 750 electric and electric hybrid vehicles registered in the Atlanta area, and car manufacturers will introduce more than ten new models in 2013 alone. "Lanier is pro
February 12, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
Electric vehicle (EV) charging provider 4825 ChargePoint, in conjunction with Lanier Parking Solutions, has installed networked electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at six locations in Atlanta.

Installation of the EV charging stations is a critical step in the City of Atlanta's efforts to expand its electric vehicle footprint. There are more than 750 electric and electric hybrid vehicles registered in the Atlanta area, and car manufacturers will introduce more than ten new models in 2013 alone.

"Lanier is proud to be a part of making Atlanta more accommodating to electric cars," said Michael Robison, CEO of Lanier Parking Solutions. "These EV charging stations will encourage sustainable driving practices that will greatly benefit our city."

"As electric vehicles become a more attractive alternative amid climbing gas prices, a city's EV infrastructure has to be ready to accommodate growth in this area," said Pat Romano, president and CEO of ChargePoint. "Atlanta is taking the lead to proactively provide EV charging technology that will allow the city to accommodate future demand, and ChargePoint is proud to partner with Atlanta and other cities across the country to make this EV growth feasible."

For EV drivers, ChargePoint-enabled locations are included on all ChargePoint mobile phone applications for iPhone and Android. These ChargePoint mobile apps provide an easy way to locate stations near any specified address, get turn-by-turn directions, start and stop a charging session directly from a smart phone. Additionally, these apps allow drivers to utilise ChargePoint's station reservation feature.  Drivers can locate stations, and then make, view and cancel a reservation directly from a smart phone.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • ITS America publishes connected vehicle guidance
    April 22, 2015
    Guidance on the likely impact of multipath communications on connected vehicle development has been published by ITS America. ITS America’s Connected Vehicle Technical Insight looks at the challenges and opportunities wireless interoperability could provide in vehicle applications. In particular the 22-page document examines the processes by which data can be transferred from one vehicle to another (V2V), or between a vehicle and the infrastructure (V2I).
  • An innovation lab – not a burden
    June 27, 2018
    Travellers want to be able to book multimodal journeys easily – and to be informed of problems and alternatives as they go. Adam Roark might just be able to help, finds Ben Spencer. The global shift in transportation towards members of the public wanting access to multimodal journeys is rapidly changing how people pay and plan ahead. Buying tickets from a machine and dealing with the frustration of discovering your train is cancelled is a scenario commuters want to avoid through technology’s ability to
  • Peer-to-Peer carsharing in Europe projected to grow significantly
    August 24, 2012
    According to Frost & Sullivan, by 2020 more than 200 traditional carsharing organisations (CSOs) and another 24 Peer-to-Peer (P2P) CSOs are expected to take the European market for carsharing to new heights. More than 14 million new members are expected to use carsharing services in Europe by the same year, while three new sub-segments will emerge in the market: electric vehicle carsharing, corporate carsharing and one-way carsharing. While the new segments arise in particular due to continued urbanisation
  • Peter Norton: ‘We can reintroduce freedom of choice in transportation’
    April 22, 2022
    Funding for transit, cycling and walkability can be politically divisive – so why not bypass politics by letting toll payers themselves choose how a fraction of their toll is spent, asks Peter Norton