Electrify America opens tech campus in Virginia
The Volkswagen subsidiary writes that it will use the expanded facility for advanced validation and stress-testing to ensure equipment and its components operate reliably in diverse real-world conditions. The tech campus contains two laboratories, with the Center of Excellence, which was opened in 2018, and now also features the newly opened Technology Development Lab. The Center of Excellence was built for hardware testing, interoperability testing and the development of software and firmware. The new lab now also offers enhanced validation testing, as well as “stress testing, maximum power delivery, and environmental testing.” Additionally, product component benchtop testing is also to enable the company to “build learnings for the future.”
“Electrify America Technology Campus demonstrates our commitment to EV drivers today and in the future as we continue to both evolve and define a maturing industry,” said Robert Barrosa, president and CEO of Electrify America. “The comprehensive testing and analysis at our Center of Excellence and Technology Development Labs advance our ability to provide high-quality Hyper-Fast charging experiences to meet the needs of our customers and lead the way in developing solutions that benefit the industry.”
Electrify America remains on an expansion course, having just announced a collaboration with Nissan’s new ‘Energy Charge Network’, as well as winning a tender to build charging infrastructure in California. A collaboration with 4 Gen Logistics was also announced recently to build truck charging infrastructure in California. By the end of 2023, the company had managed to expand its charging network across 47 US states.
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