Shell's Greenlots EV Charging network is joining forces with Chargepoint (see pic above), EV Connect, and FLO to allow for EV network roaming, you know like you do with your phone and bank ATM. This helps make the EV charging experience much easier since you don't have to have an app for every charging network (unless you want one). This should assist in the everall adoption of electric vehicles. Evidently Tesla will open it's Supercharger network later this year, but adapters will be necessary since Tesla uses it's own specific charging plugs and cables. Evidently the upcoming Infrastructure bill has funds to expand EV networks which some say is the reason Tesla is opening up their network. Regardless of the reason these steps will benefit all of us. At this point, there will be no charge for using other networks and charging rates will remain the same, but that could change...like it did at your bank. There are many benefits for everyone. Smaller network's customers get access to a much larger number of charging points in numerous areas and EV network companies get more satisfied customers. It also allows smaller networks to grow. For more info, check out the media release by clicking on "read more." Also, check out the article at Forbes that was written by a Greenlots executive. More to come I'm sure. Good news...
Update: When I originally wrote up this post, no pics were available with the media release, so I checked Greenlots' website and found a charger one mile from where I live. Couldn't find it. So I checked again, had the right address, so I emailed Greenlots for more info. That was several days ago and I've gotten no response. So I checked the site again and found several more chargers near me. This one is at city hall and if you look closely, you can see the Greenlots logo just under the Fast Charger signage. Shouldn't it be easier to find and shouldn't the signage be larger? I guess things will improve aver time. FYI.
BTW: Why can't I just use my ATM card to purchase power like I do at gas stations?
