Best Buy is rapidly becoming the place to go for all things related to electric transportation. First the electronics giant started selling electric motorcycles, then it announced a plan to host electric vehicle charge stations at its stores, and last year Best Buy teamed up with Eaton Corporation and Mitsubishi to offer charging installation services for the car company's upcoming EVs. Best Buy's stake in the Ev market is only going to expand from here--this week, the chain announced a plan to sell 240-volt home charging stations for Ford's 2012 electric Focus.
The charging station purchase process is simple: Focus owners set up an installation appointment with Best Buy through their car dealers, a Geek Squad agent shows up at their house to do an electrical audit, and an appointment with a master electrician is scheduled. The charging station, which will retail for $1,499 when the Focus goes on sale next year,...
The charging station purchase process is simple: Focus owners set up an installation appointment with Best Buy through their car dealers, a Geek Squad agent shows up at their house to do an electrical audit, and an appointment with a master electrician is scheduled. The charging station, which will retail for $1,499 when the Focus goes on sale next year,...
- 1/7/2011
- by Ariel Schwartz
- Fast Company
Interested in an electric car, but worried about retrofitting your garage? Best Buy's techie troupe wants to make it easy for you.
Do electric cars make you kind of nervous? Are you interested, but just aren't sure how to go about setting up your garage? Isn't a lot of electricity involved, and will you be needing one of those special charging stations you've heard about?
Best Buy's Geek Squad to the rescue! The Vw Bug-driving techies, familiar to the store's customers as well as fans of the NBC show "Chuck" (the eponymous hero works at "Buy More," as one of the "Nerd Herd"), will be teaming up with Eaton Corporation, a power management company, and Mitsubishi, which is rolling out an Ev a year from now, to help you navigate and install your charging system.
Eaton will be manufacturing so called "Level 2" chargers (200 volts). These can be installed in your garage,...
Do electric cars make you kind of nervous? Are you interested, but just aren't sure how to go about setting up your garage? Isn't a lot of electricity involved, and will you be needing one of those special charging stations you've heard about?
Best Buy's Geek Squad to the rescue! The Vw Bug-driving techies, familiar to the store's customers as well as fans of the NBC show "Chuck" (the eponymous hero works at "Buy More," as one of the "Nerd Herd"), will be teaming up with Eaton Corporation, a power management company, and Mitsubishi, which is rolling out an Ev a year from now, to help you navigate and install your charging system.
Eaton will be manufacturing so called "Level 2" chargers (200 volts). These can be installed in your garage,...
- 11/17/2010
- by David Zax
- Fast Company
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