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    ChargePoint, Colorado Energy Office complete first EV fast-charging corridor along Highway 40

    April 22, 2022
    ChargePoint Express 250 fast chargers are installed at the sites that will be upgraded to the Express Plus chargers later this year
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    EV infrastructure firm ChargePoint has completed the first of the six EV fast-charging corridors it was to develop in partnership with the Colorado Energy Office.

    Corridor A runs from Boulder to Dinosaur along Highway 40. Each of the ChargePoint sites have two or four ChargePoint® Express 250 fast chargers, which will enable EVs to charge at up to 125 kilowatts. Later in 2022, the stations will be upgraded to ChargePoint’s higher-powered Express Plus chargers.

    A total of 20 fast-charging sites have begun operating under the larger fast-charging highway corridors project and more are under construction. The rest of the sites are located along the Highway 50, Highway 550, I-70 and other key travel corridors. It is a public-private partnership, involving an investment of $10 million by the Colorado Energy Office, investments by ChargePoint, local jurisdictions, electric utilities and Colorado businesses.

    The fast-charging highway corridors project will facilitate long-distance EV travel, a major hindrance to EV adoption.

    "Completing the first of six corridors is an exciting milestone for the program," said Christian Williss, Senior Director, Transportation Fuels and Technology, Colorado Energy Office. "The remaining sites will be operational by the end of year, helping to ensure that Coloradans can travel anywhere in the state in an electric vehicle. As EV adoption accelerates, more charging infrastructure will be needed along corridors and in communities all over the state and CEO looks forward to new and continued partnerships like the one that made this program possible."

    The use of EVs can reduce GHG emissions and other air pollutants.

    “It’s incredible to see the dedication and progress made by the Colorado Energy Office in its goal of building out Colorado’s EV fast-charging infrastructure through public-private partnerships,” said Anne Smart, Vice President, Public Policy, ChargePoint. “Once all six corridors are complete, these stations will allow Coloradans to drive long distances across the state in an electric vehicle.”

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    Rod Walton is senior editor for EnergyTech.com. He has spent 14 years covering the energy industry as a newspaper and trade journalist.

    Walton formerly was energy writer and business editor at the Tulsa World. Later, he spent six years covering the electricity power sector for Pennwell and Clarion Events. He joined Endeavor and EnergyTech in November 2021.

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