{"id":22335,"date":"2014-02-20T13:27:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T13:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/?p=322263"},"modified":"2014-02-20T13:27:22","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T13:27:22","slug":"worlds-largest-ev-fast-charger-network-coming-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/worlds-largest-ev-fast-charger-network-coming-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s Largest EV Fast Charger Network Coming to China"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/files.cdn.ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/chinachargenetwork-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo credit: IvanWalsh.com\/Flickr Creative Commons\"><\/p>\n[caption id=\"attachment_322265\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"360\"]<a href=\"http:\/\/files.cdn.ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/chinachargenetwork.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo credit: IvanWalsh.com\/Flickr Creative Commons\" src=\"http:\/\/files.cdn.ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/chinachargenetwork-360x250.jpeg\" width=\"360\" height=\"250\"><\/a> Photo credit: IvanWalsh.com\/Flickr Creative Commons[\/caption]\n<p>A Swiss power and automation company is working with an auto manufacturer to create what will be the world&#8217;s largest network of fast chargers for <a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/2014\/02\/13\/electric-vehicles-vs-hybrids\/\" target=\"_blank\">electric vehicles<\/a> (EV).<\/p>\n<p>ABB has announced a deal with&nbsp;Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology Co. Ltd. (BDNT), the Chinese creator of Denza luxury EVs, to create a network of wall-mounted chargers that offer a range of options including remote monitoring and control of charging sessions through a mobile app.<\/p>\n<p>The chargers are scheduled to hit the market by the middle of this year and will initially be sold at Denza dealerships.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are honored to be a partner in this venture to move urban transportation forward in a more sustainable way,&#8221; said&nbsp;Ulrich Spiesshofer, CEO of ABB Group. &#8220;By combining car sales with fast chargers, DENZA is taking a bold step to address a key obstacle for potential buyers of EVs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>China has issued direct-current Guobiao&nbsp;(GB) standards for fast-charging as a way to encourage technical innovation and stimulate market acceptance of EVs. That issuance, combined with drivers&#8217; desire for <a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/2013\/12\/12\/americans-evs-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\">longer trips and shorter charging times<\/a>, gave way to the ABB-BDNT partnership.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The DENZA&nbsp;represents a significant step in sustainable transportation for the Chinese automotive market. It was&nbsp;vital&nbsp;that we had the right&nbsp;partner&nbsp;to support this innovative concept,&rdquo; said Arno Roehringer, chief operating officer of BDNT. &ldquo;ABB is the ideal technology partner for us and&mdash;equally important&mdash;it has the service expertise to install this solution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The companies have not announced plans for other markets yet.<\/p>\n<p>The Denza EV was designed for trips of more than 124 miles and is among the first long-range EVs to hit China&#8217;s market. Meanwhile, ABB began working with manufacturers and utilities in China in 2010. Last year, the company began building a local EV organization to support research and development, manufacturing, logistics and service.<\/p>\n<p><b>Visit EcoWatch&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/category\/business\/transportation-business\/\" target=\"_blank\">TRANSPORTATION<\/a><\/b><b><\/b><b>&nbsp;page for more related news on this topic.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/newsletter-signup\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-311418\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"topnewsbanner1\" src=\"http:\/\/files.cdn.ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/topnewsbanner1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"120\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,57],"tags":[2892,12198,233],"class_list":["post-22335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-building-posts","category-leed-news","tag-business","tag-featured-business","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}