ChargePoint Holdings Inc.
08/08/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/08/2024 09:17
ChargePoint Omni Port is the future of EV charging Steve Farrell | EV Charging Innovation
We believe that EV charging should be easy for everyone - from commercial station owners and fleet managers to drivers charging at home, at work and on the road. That's why we designed ChargePoint Omni Port. While innovation brings change, we can design and build EV charging to embrace evolution. This ChargePoint philosophy honors the spirit of electrification. Flexibility and modularity need to be the foundation of all EV charging solutions to build a world where offering charging can be a straightforward prospect, whether you're a station owner choosing your first charger today or the same station owner 10 years from now making strategic, modular improvements. Omni Port is just the latest innovation that embodies our mission of making EV charging easy for everyone.
So, what is Omni Port?
Omni Port is a new ChargePoint offering that enables businesses to attract drivers of nearly any EV on the road without dedicating parking spots to specific connector types. Stations equipped with Omni Port automatically dispense a CCS1/J1772 or NACS (Tesla) connector to match the EV in use. In practice, this takes the guesswork and uncertainty out of investment and site planning as station owners know they can attract almost any EV driver with the same seamless charging experience, today and tomorrow.
Why does Omni Port matter?
In the rapidly evolving world of EVs and EV charging, anything can happen. Flexible, modular design like Omni Port ensures EV charging is always ready for what's next. Product design empowers us to seamlessly embrace the change brought by EV charging innovation, accelerating the positive impact of EVs and EV charging.
Take the NACS (Tesla) connector, currently being standardized as SAE J3400. While many automakers are now embracing it as their standard connector type, this wasn't the case until last year. The switch to NACS (Tesla) connectors won't be the last evolution of EVs and EV charging. As an industry, we need to design and build EV charging hardware and software for both scale and change. Potential site owners shouldn't have to worry about what EV models and connector types their drivers favor today - or 10 years from now.
And thus, Omni Port was born. Station owners can feel confident knowing they can serve any EV driver because their Omni Port-equipped station will seamlessly match its connector type to any EV. That same station owner can also feel confident knowing that if a new connector type comes on the scene a decade from now, the modularity of the Omni Port offering and ChargePoint station will enable them to easily adapt to any future innovation down the road.
What does this mean in practice?
Designing EV charging hardware and software to be flexible, modular and future-ready means station owners can invest confidently in EV charging in an industry defined by innovation and change. In practice this means:
- Easier site planning
- Future-ready EV charging programs
- Maximum driver utilization and appeal
- Risk mitigation
- No guesswork
- Superior driver experience
So, what's next for EV charging?
The only constant in life is change. And in innovation, that's a good thing. The average EV range in the U.S. has more than quadrupled since 2010 when the EV industry was just taking off. That's staggering growth. Imagine what's possible - no, what's likely - in the next 10 years. And the next 10 after that.
We can design EV charging hardware and software that embraces change - that is literally built for it. Modular, flexible and future-ready EV charging ensures positive change is just that: positive. Omni Port helps build a world where EV charging is easy for everyone, including drivers and station owners. Like Omni Port, the future of EV charging is built for a future where anything is possible.