Ford Professional launched its second-generation EV charger Tuesday, the Sequence 2 AC Charging Station 80 amp. The brand new EV charger is designed to simplify and enhance the expertise, making it simpler than ever for fleets to go electrical.

Ford Professional unveils Sequence 2 EV charger

“We’re dedicated to serving to companies make the transition to electrical straightforward with a single-minded concentrate on curated business charging options,” Ted Cannis, Ford Professional CEO, defined after releasing its newest charging options.

The workforce at Ford Professional discovered from its first-generation chargers, taking into consideration suggestions from enterprise and fleet house owners to develop the Sequence 2 EV charger. Now obtainable for pre-order, the Sequence 2 AC Charging Station options:

• An improved removable cable and connector to scale back charging time and repairs attributable to broken or disconnected cables.
• A variety of connective choices with pre-configured mobile and optionally available Wi-Fi and Ethernet (for locations with restricted protection).
• Enhanced safety with RFID to restrict undesirable charger entry. Fleet operators can allow restricted charging classes for particular people or automobiles by specifying the day and time for entry.
• A brand new LCD display screen to show step-by-step directions on the way to provoke charging and different essential data like cost length, vitality use, fault alerts, and extra.
• Temperature sensors to observe for overheating
• Prolonged working temperature vary of -40F to 122F. It will probably additionally function at an altitude of three,500 mm.
• A 3-year guarantee on charger elements and labor with 24/7 tech help to reinforce uptime.

The brand new EV charger may also include Ford Professional’s “one-stop store” suite of merchandise for all enterprise wants, together with charging, software program, companies, financing, and extra, below one handy bundle.

Ford Professional’s sensible charging software program ensures automobiles are charged when wanted. The built-in know-how helps fleets optimize how, when, and the place vehicles are charged. It additionally contains utility reimbursement reporting for home-based drivers and efficiency monitoring to maximise the price of possession.

Ford Professional additionally revealed new 180 kW and 240kW DC quick charging choices Tuesday, giving companies and fleet operators extra versatility with extra highly effective, shorter charging instances.

There are a number of incentives and rebates to assist companies and fleets go electrical. Incentives can embody as much as a 30% federal tax credit score on charging and set up, as much as $7,500 on the acquisition of a professional EV, and lots of of federal, state, and native choices.

To assist companies reap the benefits of incentives obtainable to them, Ford Professional curated a listing that may be discovered right here.

The brand new Sequence 2 EV charger is accessible now for pre-order. You may test it out by going to the hyperlink: https://ford.to/Series2ChargerPreorder.

Ford Professional presents a number of all-electric automobiles able to sort out any mission, together with the Ford F-150 Lightning Professional and Ford E-Transit electrical van. The corporate noticed a 22% enhance in QoQ on the finish of Q2 in prospects utilizing Ford Professional Charging options, with over 4,200 chargers below contract.

In Europe, Ford Professional launched the all-electric E-Tourneo Courier and E-Transit Courier earlier this yr, increasing EV choices for patrons.