Ford Professional, the business division inside Ford Motor Firm, revealed new charging {hardware} added to its suite of end-to-end options to assist make it simpler for business clients to transition their fleets to electrical.
The brand new Collection 2 AC Charging Station 80 amp and expanded DC Quick Charger choices are designed for business car use and filled with new options. Coupled with Ford Professional’s charging administration software program, the corporate supplies a completely built-in resolution that simplifies EV charging for each Ford and non-Ford electrical automobiles.
Ford Professional’s BEV Match crew gives accessible complimentary consulting to clients to assist establish accessible incentives, seek the advice of on charging website design and development, and collaborate with native utilities on vitality wants.
Now accessible for pre-order, the Collection 2 AC Charging Station 80 amp comes with options that simplify and assist enhance the charging expertise on the office for fleet operators and their drivers together with:
– Enhanced safety with RFID that limits undesirable charger entry. Fleet operators can concern a novel Ford Professional RFID card to manage entry to chargers enabling charging classes to be restricted to particular people or automobiles, by specifying day and occasions for entry. The brand new RFID software program additionally helps Ford and non-Ford automobiles unlocking the flexibility for fleet operators to trace vitality reviews by means of Ford Professional’s charging administration software program.– Improved removable cable and connector reduces time and expense of charger repairs avoiding substitute of the whole charging station if a cable or connector is broken.– Wide selection of connectivity choices with mobile pre-configured and optionally available Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity for places with restricted mobile protection.– The brand new Collection 2 AC Charging Station 80 Amp will likely be ISO-15118 prepared and outfitted to allow future performance over the air comparable to superior car to charger communications that may establish and log when a selected car connects. Ford Professional designed the brand new {hardware} to be prepared for the long run, so clients are higher ready for brand spanking new electrical automobiles and capabilities to return.– New LCD display on the Collection 2 charger shows step-by-step directions to provoke charging and vital data together with cost period, fault alerts, vitality utilization, and extra.– Temperature sensors to watch and alert for overheating by derating the charger routinely.– Prolonged working temperature vary of -40C (-40F) to 50C (122F) and working altitude of as much as 3500m to serve the wants of consumers in additional locations.– The brand new Ford Professional charging {hardware} is backed by a 3-year guarantee on charger components and labor and continues to offer around-the-clock tech help to assist improve uptime and productiveness for purchasers.– Ford Professional Telematics, chargers, software program and repair work seamlessly to offer fleet operators and managers with a single resolution to watch their car community 24/7.
Ford Professional can be revealing prolonged DC Quick Charger choices in 180kW and 240kW giving fleet operators and their drivers extra versatility at their office with extra energy and shortened cost occasions. Aluminum pedestals characteristic an improved cable retractor and a sleeker look.
Ford Professional Chargers work with Ford Professional’s sensible charging software program to assist guarantee automobiles are charged when clients want them. The built-in software program and {hardware} resolution helps fleet managers optimize how, when and the place EVs are charged together with utility reimbursement reporting, vital for home-based drivers.
Utilizing Ford Professional Charging options may permit clients to cost extra automobiles at a given time. Clients can deploy extra EVs with out essentially needing to attend for an infrastructure improve. The software program additionally tracks efficiency and supplies fleet managers with insights like kWh consumption, cost pace and distance to empty, and helps optimize complete value of possession.
Companies may assist decrease their complete value of possession by means of understanding the varied incentives accessible to them. The corporate additionally launched a program with skilled providers agency Ernst & Younger LLP (EY US) to assist in giving clients no-cost data to study IRA tax credit for which they could qualify. Obtainable incentives embrace:
– As much as a 30% federal tax credit score on charging and set up prices– As much as $7,500 again on every new certified EV bought in 2023– A whole bunch of federal, state, and native EV incentives and rebates
Ford Professional delivers an always-on, related buyer expertise by means of a complete resolution of automobiles, charging, software program, financing and repair for all business and authorities clients. Ford Professional has almost 125,000 fleet clients throughout the U.S. and 140,000 throughout Europe.
Aug 29, 2023