In celebration of Earth Day 2012, Coulomb Technologies, the leading electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions provider, announced it will offer free ChargePoint® cards to drivers from Tuesday, April 17 through Sunday April 22, 2012. The limited edition ChargePoint RFID cards were designed to commemorate Earth Day and promote EV driving worldwide. Coulomb’s ChargePoint® Network is the largest network of independently owned charging stations in the world. The ChargePoint Network provides EV drivers state-of-the-art features including the ability to: search for ChargePoint-enabled charging stations, get directions to charging stations, see if a station is in use or not, check pricing, reserve a station, and receive charging notifications. EV owners can up sign up for a free ChargePoint card by visiting: //www.chargepoint.net/earthday/
GhG Savings Contest
Coulomb is challenging EV drivers to log into their ChargePoint accounts, calculate their Greenhouse Gas emission savings for Earth Day weekend Saturday April 21st and Sunday April 22nd, and submit the data to receive a special commemorative prize. The first 100 submissions received on Monday April 23rd will receive a gift and the top 5 EV GhG-savings drivers will receive a special prize. For complete contest details and instructions on how to submit your GhG savings report please visit: //www.chargepoint.net/earthdayGhG. Please submit your report on Monday, April 23, 2012 to earthday@coulombtech.com.
ChargePoint locations are included on all ChargePoint mobile phone applications for iPhone, Android and Blackberry. These mobile apps provide an easy way to locate stations near any specified address, get turn-by-turn directions, and even start and stop a charging session directly from a smart phone. Additionally, these apps allow drivers to utilize ChargePoint Network's station reservation feature. Drivers can locate reservable stations, and then make, view and cancel a reservation directly from a smart phone. There are more than 6,400 ChargePoint Network charging spots worldwide.