The Oregon city of Hillsboro is the first city in the state to offer electric vehicle charging stations. Hillsboro sees itself as a fiscally conservative, yet progressive and forward thinking. It takes great pride in the supportive, cooperative attitude of the local government toward residents and business. Coulomb Technologies will install Level II ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for plug-in and electric vehicles. Thirteen Level II charging stations are now installed in downtown Hillsboro at their new “green” intermodal transit facility. Coulomb Technologies is a leader in electric vehicle charging systems with the ChargePoint Network now operating in 14 countries. Coulomb charging stations are all part of the ChargePoint Network, which is open to all drivers of plug-in vehicles and all manufacturers of plug-in vehicle charging stations.
Nearly one year ago, the City of Hillsboro was one of Coulomb’s largest installations in the United States,” said Richard Lowenthal, CEO of Coulomb Technologies. “We are proud to continue this relationship with the first ever Level II charging stations in the state. As more and more electric vehicles are introduced in Oregon cities like Hillsboro will be EV ready with the necessary infrastructure to fuel these zero-emission vehicles.”
Additionally, one Level II station has been installed at the Hillsboro Civic Center, with two more to be completed by the end of October, 2010. The charging stations are available for public use and located 15 miles outside of Portland. Coulomb’s Level I and Level II CT2100 family of charging stations are dual output stations designed for public outdoor applications for the North American marketplace. Coulomb’s northwest distributor Charge NorthWest installed and maintains the stations.