American Automaker Installs EV Charging Stations in Palo Alto, CA

Ford Motor Company Supercharges Their Commitment to Sustainability

Ford Motors is committed to reducing emissions to create a sustainable automotive industry. Along with a $22 billion investment in electric vehicle (EV) technology and infrastructure, Ford aims to be carbon-neutral by 2050.

According to Executive Chair Bill Ford, the company is poised to “lead America’s transition to electric vehicles and usher in a new era of clean, carbon-neutral manufacturing.” Ford has been at the forefront of auto manufacturing and design for over a century. That legacy continues today with fully electric options, including the Mustang Mach-E, F-150 Lightning, and the E-Transit. In addition to manufacturing electric vehicles, they’re also developing one of the nation’s largest public EV charging networks.

Partnering With PowerFlex

To grow its EV capabilities, Ford partnered with PowerFlex to install 28 charging stations at the Palo Alto, California, automotive research facility. Extensive experience with large-scale EV charging networks made PowerFlex an ideal partner.

PowerFlex’s holistic approach to power management lets customers install EV charging either alone or with other technologies, including solar and energy storage. As a turnkey partner in EV charging installation, we support all project phases, from electrical design to permitting to installation guidance.
Our client-centric offerings also include bulk pricing discounts and inventory warehousing, limiting the need to source equipment on a project-by-project basis.

Optimizing EV Charging With Adaptive Load Management

Unique to PowerFlex, our Adaptive Load Management (ALM) software solves one of the biggest challenges organizations face — deploying large-scale EV charging without requiring oversized electrical systems.

In a typical EV charging model, every station op- erates at full power, which can lead to high in- frastructure costs as well as steep peak demand charges levied by utilities. PowerFlex’s ALM ap- proaches EV charging differently. Our patented algorithm delivers reliable EV charging throughout a network by controlling stations individually, in re- al-time, based on charging demand, building load, onsite generation, and other variables. This makes for a more balanced energy draw across the net- work, eliminating demand spikes.

By optimizing the total power available, ALM can power 6 times the number of EV charging ports as a traditional system while enabling businesses to shave as much as 60% off the cost of electrical system upgrades and peak demand charges.