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Seattle’s Electric Era deploys EV chargers at Costco after opening big, new HQ – take a look inside
- Seattle-based Electric Era has launched its first electric vehicle (EV) charging station at a Costco site after the deal was sealed when the EV charging team for the Washington-based retail giant toured Electric Era’s swanky new offices.
- Electric Era builds DC fast-charging systems that include giant batteries to deliver and store power.
- The 33-employee start-up hopes to deploy an additional 50 stations by the end of next year.
- Around the US, companies are installing industry EV stations to juice up and help relieve range anxiety.
- Electric Era's chargers are slightly more expensive than Tesla but at least 25% cheaper than other competitors.
- Electric Era's stations offer a battery about the size of an extra-large refrigerator to recharge from the grid when demand is lower and provide power when it is needed for charging vehicles.
- The company has raised $20.5m from investors and its 18,000-square-foot facility has plenty of room to expand into as orders are coming in.
- Costco offers EV slow and fast charging at more than 50 sites in the US, Canada, Spain, Korea and the UK, according to its 2023 climate action plan.
- Costco said in its report that it plans to install fast chargers at 20 locations, but does not say what the time span for that will be.
- Electric Era CEO Quincy Lee is eager to keep expanding the company’s EV network nationally through deals with Costco and others.
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