by Inside EVs

Costco, the country’s largest wholesaler and the third-largest retailer in the world, is cautiously entering the electric vehicle charging game. Known for its generous gas discounts, the company installed its first pair of DC fast chargers at a new warehouse store in Ridgefield, Washington.

The two stalls are branded Costco and each of them can power two EVs at the same time. According to GeekWire, the stations are made by Seattle’s Electric Era.

by Geekwire

When EV charging startup Electric Era moved this summer to a spacious location south of downtown Seattle, the team was glad for the extra room to accommodate the growing business and its mandate to work onsite.

But there’s an essential, additional perk, said CEO and founder Quincy Lee. A functioning workspace buzzing with employees can showcase a startup’s legitimacy — and lead to sales.

Electric Era shared news today that it has launched its first electric vehicle charging station at a Costco site. The deal was sealed after the EV charging team for the Washington-based retail giant toured Electric Era.

by The Boston Globe

The new electric vehicle fast-charging station next to a shawarma joint in Weymouth Massachusetts looks pretty much like any other: a metal cabinet the size of a refrigerator with two thick black charging cables and a big screen, set in front of a couple of reserved parking spaces in a strip mall.

But off to the side, hidden away in an enclosure, is something quite different from the typical charging setup: a bank of lithium-ion batteries that take up a full parking space.

by Business Wire

Electric Era Technologies, a leader in revolutionizing the world’s EV fast charging infrastructure, today announced new grant funding to bring its proprietary PowerNode™ EV fast charging stations to three additional locations in Washington state. The three grant awards, which Electric Era helped secure with its partners and customers, will leverage Electric Era as the supplier for new fast charging installations in rural and Tribal communities in Snohomish, Kitsap, and Yakima counties.

by Business Wire

Electric Era Technologies, a leading technology provider of EV fast charging stations, today announced its first-of-its-kind referral program to allow EV drivers and site hosts to get paid for referring eligible site hosts for its PowerNode EV fast charging stations along major highway corridors throughout Washington, Oregon, and California. Eligible site hosts receive additional monthly payments for use of their parking spots.

by Eric Schudiske for Business Wire

Electric Era Technologies, a leader in revolutionizing the world’s EV fast charging infrastructure with its proprietary PowerNode™ EV high-speed charging stations, today announced an investment from Chevron Technology Ventures.

by Umar Shakir from The Verge

A young electric vehicle infrastructure company founded by former SpaceX employees called Electric Era has designed EV charging stations that convenience stores can buy and manage with minimal power upgrades.

by Lisa Stiffler for Geekwire

Electric Era announced today that Chevron Technology Ventures, the petroleum giant’s venture arm, has invested in and closed its $13 million Series A round.

by Global Newswire Newsroom

The agreement is for the deployment and installation of a PowerNode charging station with three 240kW chargers at Moberly Motor’s dealership location in Moberly, Mo.

by Harri Weber from TechCrunch

Electric Era says it cracked the code for fast and reliable electric-vehicle charging stations that can go wherever they’re needed.

Founded by former SpaceX engineers, the technology company just announced a $11.5 million series A round led by HSBC’s asset management arm. Climate-tech fund Blackhorn, lithium-mining giant SQM and mobility-focused investor Proeza also chipped in.

by Lisa Stiffler from GeekWire

Seattle-based electric vehicle charging technology company Electric Era today announced $11.5 million in new funding, bringing its total investments to date to $19 million.

by Ann Meyer from CSP Daily News

"The West Coast might be leading the nation in electric vehicles, but EV hasn't arrived in full force yet in Plaid Pantry's neck of the woods in Oregon, presenting an opportunity for the convenience store chain to establish itself as a charging destination."

by Chris Lavelle and Greg Lindenberg from CSP Daily News

"The future is now," says Quincy Lee, CEO of Electric Era, a Seattle-based company that manufactures and sells electric charging stations for vehicles.

by Jessica Loder from C-Store Dive

As states prepare to open up applications for more than $5 billion in collective funding, interested retailers should check federal requirements and lay the EV installation groundwork ahead of time.

by Jessica Loder from C-Store Dive

Companies like ADS-Tec Energy and Electric Era are touting units that offer speedy charging but without the time-intensive infrastructure build-out and high demand charges of traditional DCFCs.

by Yahoo! Entertainment

Seattle technology company Electric Era has partnered with global leader in smart, convenient charging solutions for all types of electric vehicles SK Signet to solve demand charges and uptime issues with a fully integrated electric vehicle (EV) charging solution.

by Lisa Stiffler from GeekWire

Seattle technology company Electric Era is trying to address reliability and cost concerns with its EV fast charging products. Its system incorporates batteries that can provide a cheaper charge when grid demand is high. It also offers software to integrate a charging stations’ disparate systems. The products are targeting traditional gas stations and convenience stores.

by Haje Jan Kamps from TechCrunch

The company just raised $4 million (bringing its total raised to $8 million) to tackle this challenge, with fast-charging EV stations, especially aiming to install them at and near convenience stores. That makes them eligible for President Biden’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, enabling it to tap into the $5 billion program.

by AP News

Electric Era today announced that a series of high-profile customer charging demonstrations and a ribbon cutting event for their first functional PowerNode unit in the field were held last week at the Knoxville, Tennessee campus of EPRI.

by EPRI

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) announces 15 early-stage tech companies to conduct 20 accelerated technology demonstrations and deployment projects advancing decarbonization, electrification, and grid modernization

by Steve Levine from The Electric

“Before people will switch to an electric vehicle, they want to know they’ll be able to recharge when they want, as fast as they want, just as they are accustomed to with gasoline cars.”

by Jennifer Hiller from The Wall Street Journal

“With ‘vehicle-to-grid’ concepts, companies and utilities are testing ways electric vehicles can act as batteries ready to be tapped”

by Jason Plautz from SmartCitiesDive

“‘There’s a world where you throw the golden hammer at this and build out the best fast chargers in only the most perfect places. There’s also a world where you’re throwing a rusty steel hammer, and chargers are placed off the beaten path [thus they] never get any use,’ said Quincy Lee, CEO of the charging company Electric Era”.

by Lisa Stiffler from GeekWire

“Electric Era, a Seattle company building battery systems for EV charging stations. Its founders have roots with SpaceX and the company has raised $3 million.”

by Andrew Price & Garrett Fitzgerald from SEPA

“As Quincy Lee, the CEO and founder at Electric Era stated: ‘The costs and timelines of interconnection for fleet charging are complicated by the variability in local capacity by location and utility territory. A study by National Grid recently found that a plurality of feeders in Metropolitan cities would be overloaded by the electrification of medium- and heavy-duty fleets'”.

by Jason Plautz from UtilityDive

“Quincy Lee, CEO of the EV fast charging company Electric Era, applauded the infrastructure bill's ‘bias towards open access and public charging infrastructure,’ especially in rural and low-income neighborhoods.”

by Jeff St. John from Canary Media

“Revel still plans to install batteries at its Brooklyn site, however, to help mitigate demand charges. In August it announced its partner for that project, Seattle-based Electric Era, which has spent the past two years developing a battery fine-tuned for the EV charging backup role.”

by Energy Source & Distribution (ESD News)

“The coupling of the companies’ fast charge equipment and leading battery storage technology will encourage site owners to embrace the roll out of EV charging infrastructure, said Electric Era CEO Quincy Lee.”

by AP News

Electric Era today announced that a series of high-profile customer charging demonstrations and a ribbon cutting event for their first functional PowerNode unit in the field were held last week at the Knoxville, Tennessee campus of EPRI.

by Geekwire

The team installed its fast-charging devices at the Costco site within seven weeks from being ordered. Lee also touts the affordability of their chargers, which are slightly more expensive than Tesla, but at least 25% cheaper than other competitors, he said. And while it has a limited deployment so far, Electric Era stations are performing well, with chargers operating 98% of the time.