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By Danny King, Contributor


Coulomb Technologies is installing what it says is the first group of electric-vehicle charging stations purchased by an apartment-complex developer, signifying the  company's efforts to broaden EV-station distribution beyond municipalities and fleet services in time for the U.S. debut of plug-in cars such as the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf later this year.


Coulomb is deploying three of its ChargePoint stations in Dallas's new 464-unit Belmont complex (right), which was built by Highlands Ranch, Colorado-based UDR. UDR also bought three more charging stations from Coulomb for its 392-unit Savoye complex, which opened to the public earlier this month in Addison, about 15 miles away, Coulomb said in a statement this week.


The charging-station installations are part of an effort by UDR, which owned about 170 apartment complexes totaling about 46,000 apartments as of the end of last year, to build the Belmont in accordance to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) guidelines.


LEED guidelines were developed by a non-profit trade organization - the U.S. Green Building Council - that promotes sustainability in how buildings are designed, built and operated. LEED certification is generally voluntary. It is, basically, a way for developers to show officials and others that they are environmentally responsible.


The installations by UDR also point to the need to serve owners of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) that won't have access to their own dedicated garages as General Motors and Nissan unveil the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid and Leaf BEV, respectively, to the U.S. public later this year.
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Coulomb Claims to Install First EV Charging Stations Bought by Apartment Builder was originally published by Green Car Advisor. Read the full story by clicking here.