An electrical cooperative serving Colorado’s farm country tests new fast-charging infrastructure along I-76. Will this device help fill in the state’s rural gaps?
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An electrical cooperative serving Colorado’s farm country tests new fast-charging infrastructure along I-76. Will this device help fill in the state’s rural gaps?
A fast-charging station has opened along Interstate 76 in Julesburg, in far northeastern Colorado. If tiny Julesburg has a fast-charger, what does this say about some of Colorado’s other small towns, say Springfield or Walden?
In time, of course, they’ll all have fast chargers. What is notable in this case is a partnership that made this happen. Highline Electric Association is the local cooperative, a member of Tri-State Generation and Transmission, which chipped in some funds.
The third critical partner is a California-based company called FreeWire. The key challenge was to overcome limitations of the distribution systems in rural areas to be able to provide rapid charging. EV drivers will be able to reach an 80% state of charge within 30 to 45 minutes, depending on battery size.
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