Currently compatible devices include charging stations such as eMotorWerks JuiceBox Pro, Aerovironment EVSE-RS JuiceNet Edition, Clipper Creek HCS-40 JuiceNet Edition, and Nayax EVMeter. With a few clicks in the app, the station owners can choose the times to share their service with others and set the price to charge visiting drivers.Ĭalifornia owners of any JuiceNet enabled devices who would like to share their charging stations are eligible to participate in the new P2P network, but initial participation will be limited on a first-come first-serve basis. Meanwhile, any EV driver can download the Share&Charge app to see available charging facilities on a map and navigate to the closest charging station for charging. Through the app, residential and commercial owners of JuiceNet enabled stations can share their charging asset with other EV drivers in the network. We are excited to enable anyone, from individual, to small company or large utility to share their charging stations for an accelerated growth of emobility.”Įxpanding its P2P charging network already established in Germany, Share&Charge leverages decentralized and transparent Ethereum-powered blockchain technology to allow people to interlink with each other to share and bill products and services securely and conveniently. With this new sharing technology we are bringing to North America, we aim to prove how blockchain technology can make sharing and payment easier and more efficient. As one of the most popular EV charging solutions in the United States and Europe, eMotorWerks is the perfect partner for our debut in the United States. “By establishing networks of individuals willing to share their EV charging stations, we are opening up more charging options to EV drivers, while at the same time ensuring station owners are compensated accordingly. However, P2P charging opens the opportunity to break free of infrastructure limitations and gasoline oligopolies to access electricity for their cars,” says Dietrich Sümmerman of Share&Charge. “In today’s marketplace, the availability of public EV charging is still of concern to potential EV drivers. This partnership marks the first peer to peer charging network to use blockchain technology in North America. The new sharing platform aims to increase the availability of public charging stations and decrease range anxiety current and prospective EV drivers experience. The Share&Charge mobile app connects EV drivers with available residential and commercial EV charging stations and facilitates blockchain-based payments from visiting EV drivers to station owners. Share&Charge was founded by the innogy Innovation Hub whose purpose it is to evolve an innovation portfolio for innogy SE, Germany’s leading energy company. San Francisco, Calif., USA July 11, 2017 - Starting this summer, California residential and commercial owners of electric vehicle charging stations enabled with eMotorWerks’ JuiceNet smart-grid charging technology will have the opportunity to rent out charging time on their stations to EV drivers participating in a new peer to peer (P2P) network powered by MotionWerk’s Share&Charge open platform. The combination of eMotorWerks smart-charging technology and Share&Charge blockchain transaction platform allows charging station owners to receive payments when their stations are used by other EV drivers.
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