AV in the News: EV Charging
Look here to find articles and citings in the press about AV, our people, our products and topics that relate to us. If you find something elsewhere that we have not posted, then let us know by sending us an email at info@avinc.com.Automotive News: So Far, Garage Is Hub Of EV Charging Action
June 14, 2010
A small but serviceable infrastructure for charging the batteries in electric vehicles is springing up in the United States, but it's largely in people's own garages.
Outside the home, more charging stations are being built, but locations are still widely scattered. In the long run, experts say, the basic charging technology being used to launch tiny volumes of EVs today probably will predominate in the near future.
LA Times: AeroVironment To Install Up To 100 Electric-Car Charging Stations In South Carolina
June 03, 2010
Monrovia's AeroVironment to install up to 100 electric-car charging stations in South Carolina
The stations in seven cities will be funded largely by state grants. They're expected to be running by Dec. 1 and ready for the rollout of the electric Ford Focus, the Nissan Leaf and the Chevy Volt.
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times
WSJ: Hatching New Ideas
May 10, 2010
Five important technological advances that have the potential to transform the transport industry
Crystal ball gazing is always a tricky business, not least in the transport industry where so many competing agendas – politics, infrastructure, fuel security, technology and consumer demand – are at play. Each of the following technologies has the potential to address at least a couple of those concerns and maybe transform the way people and goods move around the world.
Edmunds.com/Green Car Advisor: California-Based EV-Charging Station Maker AeroVironment
May 04, 2010
California-Based EV-Charging Station Maker AeroVironment Is Going to Carolina
By Danny King, Contributor
South Carolina may not have been included in Coulomb Technologies' plans announced earlier this week to deploy 4,600 electric-vehicle charging stations across the U.S. over the next 18 months, but fear not, Palmetto State residents, you are covered.
AeroVironment Inc., the California-based company that earlier this year reached agreements with automakers Nissan and Think to deploy electric-vehicle charging stations, will work with the South Carolina state government and utilities at developing a network of EV-charging stations across the state.
Nissan USA Website: Nissan Leaf Home Charging Video
April 21, 2010
Ward’s Auto Feature: AeroVironment Takes on Home Charging for Nissan Leaf
April 08, 2010
California-based AeroVironment Inc., better known in military circles as a maker of unmanned aircraft systems, is partnering with Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. to make home-charging units for U.S. buyers of the upcoming Leaf electric vehicle. The charger also will be compatible with other EVs, including the upcoming Chevy Volt and Ford Focus electrified vehicles. “It’s a very good charger, (and) it will work for any car,” Kristen Hensel, vice president-EV Solutions for AeroVironment’s Efficient Energy Systems, tells Ward’s.
Nissan Delivers Affordable Solutions For Purchase, Lease Of All-Electric Nissan LEAF
March 30, 2010
As low as $25,280 ($32,780 MSRP minus up to $7,500 federal tax credit)
Lease world’s first mass-marketed EV for $349 per month
Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today announced U.S. pricing for the 2011 Nissan LEAF electric vehicle, which becomes available for purchase or lease at Nissan dealers in select markets in December and nationwide in 2011. Nissan will begin taking consumer reservations for the Nissan LEAF April 20.
Monrovia Firm is on the Cutting Edge of `Green’
February 22, 2010
MONROVIA - A local company is going into the future fully charged.
After two decades of riding the fits and starts of the electric vehicle movement, Monrovia-based AeroVironment, Inc. finds itself at the forefront of an industry that could finally go mainstream. That industry, electric vehicles, represents potential for new jobs ranging from workers at lithium battery plants to electricians working on installing charging stations.
Zero to 80% in 15 minutes: New Benchmark For EV Fast-Charging
January 26, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 26, 2010 – Electric vehicle manufacturer THINK today announced that it will work with AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) (AV), a leading developer and supplier of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, to pursue demonstration and commercial projects using AV’s level III fast-charge system and the THINK City electric vehicle. The projects will be designed to jump-start the development of fast-charge infrastructure in the United States.
Forbes: AeroVironment Will Build A Filling Station In Your Garage
January 18, 2010
AeroVironment's persistence may pay off big.
The quirky Monrovia, Calif.-based company was hired by General Motors in the 1980s to help develop electric vehicles, leading to the first mass-produced electric vehicle, the EV-1. While GM gave up on the car, AeroVironment kept up its electric vehicle research and development and has been offering EV charging and testing equipment and services to automakers as well as selling a line of chargers for heavy-duty electric forklifts.
Boxer Lauds Critical Investments in California Clean Energy Projects
January 14, 2010
Los Angeles, CA – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today praised President Obama’s announcement that seven California companies involved in clean-energy manufacturing will receive more than $235 million in job-creating tax credits.
Senator Boxer said, “California is on the cutting edge of the growing clean-energy economy. I am so proud the Department of Energy recognized the leadership of these companies and awarded a quarter-billion dollars of investment to our state that will result in the jobs and energy savings that we so desperately need.”
Nissan North America Selects AeroVironment To Install Home-Charging Stations For Nissan Leaf
January 11, 2010
Agreement part of one-stop shop experience for EV purchase process.
Detroit, Mich. - Nissan North America (NNA) today announced its selection of AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) (AV) to supply electric vehicle home-charging stations and installation services supporting the introduction of the zero-emission, all-electric Nissan LEAF later this year.
AeroVironment Receives the “Green Technology Award” at SGV’s Annual Awards Gala
September 16, 2009
ARCADIA - Innovation, community service, corporate responsibility - these are the building blocks that can sustain and move an economy forward. And seven of the San Gabriel Valley's most outstanding businesses, organizations and individuals were honored Friday for their role in helping to do just that. The honors were given at the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership's sixth annual awards gala, held Friday night at Santa Anita Park. AeroVironment Inc., a Monrovia-based maker of unmanned surveillance planes and intelligent charging systems for electric vehicles, received the Green Technology Award.
Electric Car Buzz Drives Firm’s Fuel Station Plan
August 24, 2009
An AeroVironment worker demonstrates the Monrovia company's electric fuel 'pump'.
With every automaker announcing an electric car, AeroVironment Inc. believes it is time to take its expertise in vehicle refueling on the road.
The Monrovia-based company, best known for manufacturing unmanned aircraft, is in the final stages of designing electric vehicle charging stations for residential and commercial use. It's already pitching them to companies, government agencies, policymakers and automakers, hoping for a big piece of a market that's now tiny but has huge growth potential. About $320 billion is expected to be spent on equipment and infrastructure for electric vehicle charging over the next couple of decades.
Fast-Charging EVs: Time to Get Down to Business
July 24, 2009
You may never have heard of California-based AeroVironment (founded in 1971), but it’s the company that brought you the first version of the General Motors EV-1, and a whole host of ultra-cool sun-powered lightweight racers, including the Solar Challenger and the Sunraycer.
In The Driver’s Seat Of An Electrified Future
July 21, 2009
For Kristen Helsel, all roads lead to electric chargers - political, social and technological roads, that is. And electric cars will be on those roads.
AeroVironment’s EV Charging Systems Featured on CBS Evening News.
May 09, 2009
AeroVironment's EV Charging Systems featured on CBS Evening News segment regarding "Green Technology and Economic Growth."
Carmakers Charge Ahead with Electrics
November 20, 2008
The future - or at least a future - may finally be in sight for the electric car. Nissan-Renault Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn announced plans at the L.A. Auto Show on Wednesday to begin selling a competitively priced electric car in Oregon in 2010. The vehicle would go "mass market" by 2012, Ghosn vowed.
Fully-Electric, 95mph Sports Utility Charges in 10 Minutes
July 27, 2008
Another step towards exploding the perception that electric vehicles will never have the grunt, range or practicality of their oil guzzling, high-emissions counterparts has been taken in California with a record charging time demonstrated for the all-electric Phoenix SUT (Sports Utility Truck). The milestone demonstrated by AeroVironment saw the 35kWh (kilowatt-hour) battery pack developed for use with the Phoenix fully-charged in less than ten minutues - enough to power the five-seat utility for 100 miles.
Delta Goes Green with Electric Baggage Vehicles
February 08, 2008
COLONIE - Delta Air Lines on Thursday unveiled a fleet of electric baggage-handling vehicles that it hopes will reduce carbon dioxide emissions and field costs.
Delta spent $365,000 on the battery-powered equipment - six baggage tractors and three belt loaders - which will replace machines powered by diesel fuel.
"This program will help to expand our sustainable business practices and achieve significant operational and environmental benefits," said Fred Acunto, Albany station manager for Delta Air Lines.
