Dearborn, Canada– Ford Pro, a group of Ford Motor Company, revealed new charging hardware added to its suite of end-to-end solutions to make it easier for commercial customers to transition their fleets to electric.
The new Series 2 AC Charging Station 80 amp and expanded DC Fast Charger options are designed for commercial vehicle use and packed with new features. Combined with Ford Pro’s charging management software, the company gives an improved the EV charging for both Ford and non-Ford electric vehicles.
Mr. Ted Cannis, Ford Pro CEO said, We’re committed to helping businesses make the transition to electric easy with a single-minded focus on curated commercial charging solutions, “With our tailored EV consulting and portfolio of charging hardware and software solutions, we can design, implement and operate solutions for Ford and other brands that will last for many years to come. And we are not afraid to tell customers when electrification is not yet a good fit and support them with other solutions.”
Ford Pro’s BEV Fit team offers accessible free counseling to clients to help identify available incentives, consult on charging site design and construction, and collaborate with local utilities on energy needs.
Charging experience at the workplace for fleet operators and their drivers including:
- Improved security with RFID that limits undesirable charger access. Armada administrators can give a one of a kind Portage Expert RFID card to control admittance to chargers empowering charging meetings to be restricted to explicit people or vehicles, by determining day and times for access. The new RFID programming additionally upholds Passage and non-Portage vehicles opening the capacity for armada administrators to follow energy reports through Passage Master's charging the board programming
- Improved detachable cable and connector reduces time and expense of charger repairs avoiding replacement of the entire charging station if a cable or connector is damaged.
- Wide range of connectivity options with cellular pre-configured and optional Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity for locations with restricted cellular coverage.
- The new Series 2 AC Charging Station 80 Amp will be ISO-15118 prepared and prepared to empower future usefulness over the air, for example, high level vehicle to charger correspondences that can distinguish and log when a particular vehicle interfaces. Portage Ace planned the new equipment to be prepared for the future, so clients are more ready for new electric vehicles and abilities to come.
- New LCD screen on the Series 2 charger displays step-by-step instructions to initiate charging and give information including charge duration, fault alerts, energy usage, and more.
- Temperature sensors to monitor and alert for overheating by derating the charger automatically.
- Extended operating temperature range of -40C (-40F) to 50C (122F) and operating altitude of up to 3500m to serve the needs of customers in more places.
- 3-year guarantee on charger parts and work and keeps on giving nonstop technical support to assist with expanding uptime and efficiency for clients..
- Ford Pro Telematics, chargers, software and service work seamlessly to provide fleet operators and managers with a single solution to monitor their vehicle network 24/7.
