Tag Archives: electric vehicles

Seattle-area lawmakers approve EV charging requirements for new apartment buildings

(Flickr Creative Commons Photo / Ivan Radic) New and “substantially remodeled” apartment buildings in unincorporated King County will be required to have 10% of their parking spaces capable of charging electric vehicles and 25% of spaces must have the infrastructure in place to one day convert them to EV charging. The new rules were approved…

Get a jolt: Starbucks and Volvo reveal cities where EV drivers can charge up

Starbucks patrons will be able to get a coffee and an electric vehicle charge at select locations between Seattle and Denver. (Starbucks and Volvo Cars Photo) Starbucks and Volvo Cars are installing 60 DC electric vehicle chargers at up to 15 Starbucks locations spanning the drive from Seattle to Denver. The companies on Tuesday announced…

Why this Microsoft vet quit and launched an EV smart charging startup

Some of the FlexCharging team convened for a meeting in Las Vegas in June. Employees, from left to right: Tyler Phillipi, Harold Shin, David Klein, CEO and founder Brian Grunkemeyer, Ken Nichols and Charles Martey. (FlexCharging Photo) In 2014, Brian Grunkemeyer was a Microsoft principal software engineer with a passion for fighting climate change. That…