Range Anxiety Reducer: AAA Unveils Mobile EV Charging Trucks
In an elbow-grease to reduce range anxiety for owners’ of electric vehicles such as the Nissan Leaf, AAA announced it will bid North America’s first mobile charging roadside assistance trucks . The announcement was made Monday during a herd conference at the Plug-In 2011 Conference and Exposition.The roadside assistance trucks will be equipped with the adeptness to provide Level 2 and Level 3 charging for auto club members when their EV’s batteries become discharged. The trucks will be masterful to provide 10-15 minutes of charge time, which should provide enough juice for the EVs to travel three to 15 miles to a charging assign to top off the charge, according to AAA.
“As the electric vehicle market continues to emerge, AAA is ready to help alleviate some ‘range worry’ with the ability to provide a charge to electric vehicles on the roadside that gets drivers back on the go swiftly,” said Marshall L. Doney, AAA Automotive Vice President.
Initially AAA will offer the plastic electric vehicle charging trucks in six metropolitan areas across the U.S. Starting this summer AAA will begin testing its guide program starting with the Portland and Seattle areas of Oregon; the San Francisco Bay area; Los Angeles; Knoxville, Tennessee; and the Tampa Bay size of Florida.
