5,000 free in-home charging stations from Ford Motor Company

Here is some good news –

Electric car charging stations are being offered for free through the Department of Energy (DOE) funding award and ChargePoint America.

ChargePoint America will offer home and public charging stations to individuals and businesses. Charging stations are planned to be offered to businesses in nine areas of the United States – Washington (1), California(3), Michigan (1) , New York (1), Texas(1), Washington D.C.(1), and Florida (1).

Florida Businesses –

In Florida, Orlando is currently the only designated city, but if enough interest is shown, there could be others. Any business (Hotels, shopping centers, restaurants, public parking lots, etc.) that has an ideal location for the public to charge their electric vehicle(EV) can participate in the charging infrastructure that is being put in place to participate in the electric highway. Tampa, FL is currently working on becoming an EV friendly community. Hopefully others are soon to follow.

Homeowners

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) will partner with Coulomb Technologies to provide nearly 5,000 free in-home charging stations for some of the automaker’s first electric vehicle customers.

Under the Ford Blue Oval ChargePoint Program, residents in nine designated markets could receive a free ChargePoint® Networked Charging Station with the purchase of a Ford Transit Connect Electric vehicle. The nine markets designated by Coulomb Technologies include Austin, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Sacramento, the San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area, Redmond, Wash., and Washington D.C. The installation of ChargePoint charging stations will begin immediately.

The Ford Blue Oval ChargePoint Program is part of Coulomb Technologies’ $37 million ChargePoint America charging station infrastructure project made possible by a $15 million grant funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the Transportation Electrification Initiative administered by the Department of Energy. – PR Newswire

Businesses and homeowners interested in applying for free public charging stations: ChargePointAmerica