More electric vehicles on the road means more people are looking at charging options, including curbside or lamppost installations. Voltpost, a lamppost EV charger company, is the latest firm to expand across the U.S.
The New York City-based company announced yesterday in a LinkedIn post that it’s expanding into the California, Connecticut, and New York markets this year after earning a grant earlier this year for installations in Washington, D.C. Voltpost is working with Los Angeles-based InCharge Energy to perform the installations and maintenance with real-time monitoring, a persistent problem with public EV charging.
In April, Voltpost was one of three companies to get part of a nearly $610,000 grant from the Department of Energy and Environment of the District of Columbia. The company plans to retrofit as many as 16 utility poles through the D.C. grant.
Voltpost isn’t the only game in town for curbside and/or lamppost chargers, and more cities and companies are interested in the technology as a way to meet demand, particularly for EV owners who don’t have off-street parking or the ability to add a Level 2 charger where they live. The problem has been to work with municipalities to get electricity to the curb if there isn’t any. Voltpost’s solution is to use existing utility poles.
It’s unclear where in California, Connecticut and New York Voltpost’s new charging stations will be, but the company did say yesterday that it has plans for more markets. City parking restrictions will also apply, depending on where they go. However, the expansion is a step forward for more charging options in markets with higher EV acceptance.
