Why networked charging stations?
Networked charging stations provide many attractive capabilities to drivers of electric vehicles as well as owners of charging stations. The networking allows a driver to identify where charging stations are located and even which charging stations are currently being used. Any charging station attached to a network can transmit information about the charging session including: start time, time of completion, ground fault interruption, or even a disruption in service from vandalism or utility demand response. Networked charging stations have the ability to email or send SMS messages to a driver alerting him or her about their charging session status. For station owners, networked charging is very valuable; for example if you have charging stations at multiple locations, you can see charging status, station utilization, energy delivered, and many more parameters across your inventory of charging stations. You can quickly identify and resolve charging station issues, and all networked ch
