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EV charging 101: the dos and don’ts
EVs are still relatively new. As with any new technology, there’s a learning curve, and the one for EVs can be steep — including when it comes to charging etiquette. To ease you into the transition, here are a few things to keep in mind when you pull up to a charging...
There’s no place like home (to charge your EV)
Is lack of access to home charging slowing EV adoption? By Cory Bullis, Senior Public Affairs Manager at FLO “There’s no place like home,” Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz sagely told us. This mantra also applies to charging your EV – FLO’s data from over a decade of...
Podcast: Accelerating Charging Infrastructure to Meet Our 2030 Climate Goals
The automotive industry recognizes the need for more electric vehicles, but more EV charging infrastructure is required to make that adoption occur at scale. In this podcast, Cory Bullis, U.S. Senior Public Affairs Specialist at FLO, and Britta Gross, Managing...
Prioritizing Transportation Electrification Strategies to Combat Intensifying Climate Impacts
By Cory Bullis, Senior Public Affairs Specialist, FLO Policymakers around the world are grappling with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) latest alarming conclusions – climate impacts are driven by human activity, are widespread, rapid, and...
Charging Station Reliability Is an Equity Issue
By Cory Bullis, Senior Public Affairs Specialist, FLO As we’ve discussed in our previous blog posts, high station uptime is central to a positive EV driver experience and helps ensure governments and utilities get a high return on their investment in charging...
EV Charging Incentives – Key Design Features
By Cory Bullis, Senior Public Affairs Specialist, FLO President Biden’s “American Jobs Plan” is set to catalyze the EV industry at an unprecedented rate. The President’s commitment to build 500,000 public charging stations by 2030 provides a much-needed signal to...
Reliability Blog Series #3: Calculating Standardized Charger Uptime
By Cory Bullis, Senior Public Affairs Specialist, FLO Previously, we suggested that utilities, EV charging companies, and site hosts strive for an uptime of 97 percent for public charging stations over a 12-month period at this stage of market development, ideally...
Reliability Blog Series #2: Supporting EV Drivers with a Charging Station Reliability Standard
By Cory Bullis, Senior Public Affairs Specialist, FLO It only takes a few minutes for an EV driver to have a bad charging experience, and the tiniest difference in charging station reliability can result in a charger being down for days. The opportunity for consumer...
Reliability Blog Series #1: Can Drivers Count on EV Charging Stations to be Reliable?
By Cory Bullis, Senior Public Affairs Specialist, FLO Just imagine, you’re test driving an EV and you want to charge at a public station for the full EV experience. When you get to the charger, it isn’t working. You look across the street at a gas station and think,...