Streetlights are brightening the future for more convenient public battery electric vehicle charging. The latest example is from tech company Voltpost, which is installing, or planning to retrofit streetlights with level two public EV chargers in several cities including New York, Chicago and Detroit.
To boost the effectiveness of its current and future units, Voltpost and AT&T struck a deal providing IoT connectivity for streetlight charging units across Michigan and the Detroit metro area, the companies announced Monday.
“Having that internet connection enables us to manage the charger, helping the reliability from the cloud,” said Voltpost co-founder and CEO Jeffrey Prosserman, in an interview. “We have charging station management system, the dashboard, where we can see each charger, the utilization per plug and down to the component level to identify if there is anything that requires servicing.”
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