Electric Bike Charging Station Guide
Jun 04, 2011
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Recently I have received some emails from universities looking for electric bike charging station information.
This gets me really excited because I think that providing e-bike charging stations at large institutions is a great idea!
Having charging stations at universities, hospitals, airports, businesses, parks, popular mass transit stops, hotels, etc. can only encourage more people to ride an electric bike more often with less concern of running out of juice.
These charging stations can also be a great way to bring electric bikes to the attention of people who have no idea what an electric bike is.
Below are some links to grid tied and solar electric bike charging stations that I am familiar with.
I am especially excited about the solar e-bike charging stations because solar makes so much sense for e-bikes due to the small amounts of energy required to charge an electric bike battery.
Electric Bike Charging Stations:
OG Power Station makes the OG SunCycle that is designed to recharge your e-bike battery. It uses a 250 watt solar panel to charge the included battery. After charging all day, the SunCycle battery then charges your e-bike battery. The SunCycle system can be used as a backup power source in case of power failure. It has a traditional plug attachments in addition to USB and cigarette lighter options.
The University of Tennessee is working on an electric bike sharing program. They have a design for a battery charging “vending machine” and they are using solar power.
The University of Victoria has some charging stations setup around it’s campus.
Kyocera has a solar ebike charging station.
Sanyo has setup solar charging “parking lots” in Japan.
Sanyo has also set up a solar charging station in Portland at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
Sol Design Lab is a company that makes solar charging stations for ebikes and mobile devices.
Bosch is working on a solar charging canopy.
Here is a shed that has solar panels for storing and charging your electric bike.
Here is an interesting article about electric cargo bikes powered by solar energy.
That’s it for now. As I come across more info on electric bike charging stations I will add them to this guide.
If you know of some that i didn’t cover please leave a comment below and I will add them to the list.
Thanks!
Pete
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Thanks Raul for letting us know about that system. Sounds like a very
convenient parking/charging station.
Hi Pete,
We just started deployment of our Swiftmile eBike charging systems. http://Www.swiftmile.com
Looking for a company that is making them and selling them in the USA and will ship to California. Looking for a single or dual charging station for ebikes or even electric cars. I will check out the sites in this article, but if you come across let me know. Thank you for posting this.
We have developed EcoPort which is a multimodal charging station and is available in kit form. It is suitable for containerisation. Drop us a mail and we can provide further information.
Thanks
We have put together a solar electric charging station which we are beginning to promote. If you wish to receive a cut sheet explaining its features please let us know.
Michael,
Please get in contact with me. I have a couple of connections in Europe.
Best regards,
Volkmar
Hello
I’m also interested in this Michael product, who can help me with that?
My condo is interested in setting up a indoor ebike charging system that resitents could use on a pay as you charge type of basis, any thoughts on where I could find something like this?
Hi Renee, I would contact some of these companies to see if they can recommend the best way to get a charging station set up in your condo area. Maybe contact OMSI in Portland and get their advice on who to talk with.
Hi Renee,
please, did you get somewhere more information about the indoor ebike charging system? I am writing my dissertation on that topic of recharging the battery of ebikes mainly in Czech Republic, Europe. But all these information could be very usefull for me – thanks a lot in advance (my e-mail address is [email protected])
Denisa
Could you email me a copy of your dissertation when it is completed? Thank you.
Hi Dave,
the dissertation is done, so I can send you a copy, but the problem is that it is only in Czech language:-/…but if you are interested in, just write me your e-mail address 😉
Renee,
I am with Pete’s Electric Bikes. We offer a charging/locking solution for our Panasonic mid drive emotion e-bikes. You can see the e-bikes at petesebikes.com. If you contact me at Pete’s I will forward information to you.
Thanks, Dean.
I would like to see every major store and government building with a couple of GFI duplex receptacles so you can travel around the city, going from store to store and government office, and recharging while you do your shopping or business. As it would only cost a nominal amount $200-300 (?) and only about 2 cents per hour to charge, costs would be minimal, and stores would get your business. You could spend all day like this, instead of rushing home to charge after an hour, visiting dozens of places instead of just one or two, and putting many more miles on in a day.
If they must meter it, maybe a special prepaid cash card that you can swipe, could take off the electricity cost, at say, 4 or 5 cents an hour.
Sciyent has developed a hands-off, automated inductive charging solution that can be used for charging e-bike batteries. The system requires a minimal adaptation (secondary device plate) to the e-bike with a wire connection to the battery. The solution has been successfully tested with different e-bike systems.
We are based in Switzerland and looking at entering US markets.
Sciyent,
Please get in contact with me. I am a German based in California.
Greetings,
Volkmar
Looking for assistance on how we could have Solar Powered Charging Station. The reason is to help achieve Green Source of E-trike re-charging station as currently planned by Asian Development Bank in converting millions of Philippines polluting Tricycles. This one of the main type of transport in our country. Thanks!
We may be able to help you. Send us an email and we will get back with you with a cut sheet on what we offer. Thanks
Hi all,
Just wanted to share an innovation in the charging station!
Bikeep.com has developped a smart bike rack station that allows you to charge your EV. It has a smart locking system to ensure maximum safety while charging. Options with solar panels.
Feel free to contact me for more info!