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THE GULF COAST'S ONLY AUTHORIZED COULOMB CHARGEPOINT DEALER Historic Galveston Island Unveils Coulomb Technologies Networked Charging Stations for EV First of 12 Charging Stations Officially Unveiled February 6, 2010 at 10:00 am HOUSTON February 3, 2010 – Coulomb Technologies today announced that the Galveston Historical Foundation has installed the first of twelve publicly accessible ChargePoint® Networked Charging Stations for electric vehicles (EV). The official unveiling of the stations will take place at the Historical Foundation’s headquarters in the 1861 Custom House located at 502 20th Street in the Historic Downtown District Galveston, Texas on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 10:00 am central. The 1861 Custom House ChargePoint charging station installation is the first of more than a dozen planned installations by Positive Energy Resources, a Texas Renewable & Sustainable Resource Systems Integration company based in Houston and Galveston Island over the next few months. The charging stations were sold through Verdek-EV, Coulomb’s exclusive southwest distributor. Galveston Island residents and Mardi Gras visitors can see a “Sneak Peek” of the 2010 Tazzari Zero electric sports car on display at Hotel Galvez from Friday, February 5th until Sunday, February 7th and at the unveiling of the Galveston Historical Foundation ChargePoint charging station installation at 10:00 am February 6th. The public is invited to attend the unveiling and all related events. Positive Energy Resources and Verdek-EV encourage all EV owners to show their support by attending the unveiling and enjoy what promises to be an exciting Mardi Gras Galveston 2010. The City of Houston recently purchased and installed several ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations and has nearly 50 EV’s and PHEV’s in service today. The installation of the ChargePoint charging stations in Galveston will serve to promote inter-city travel by Houston businesses and residents who own and drive plug-in vehicles and who travel to Galveston. “The ChargePoint Networked Charging Station is an aesthetically pleasing and effective method of encouraging a practical, viable, renewable and sustainable resources program within our city,” said Matthew Pelz, Galveston Historical Foundation special projects coordinator. “The ChargePoint charging stations allow for the use of an emerging clean fuel technology that can be easily integrated in the Historic Downtown District. We are in the process of rebuilding our community since Hurricane Ike swept through. We are embracing sustainable transportation and renewable energy solutions and these charging stations are a welcome addition.” The networked charging station is part of the ChargePoint Network® which is open to all drivers of plug-in vehicles and provides authentication, management, and real-time control for the networked electric vehicle charging stations through multiple web-based portals for Hosts, Fleet Managers, Drivers, and Utilities. ChargePoint Network unique features include: The network of electric vehicle charging stations is accessible to all plug-in drivers by making a toll free call to the 24/7 number on each charging station, or signing up for a ChargePoint Network monthly access plan and obtaining a ChargePass™ smart card. Other future payment options include using any smart (RFID) credit/debit card to authorize a. To locate available charging stations, visit www.mychargepoint.net and click “Find Stations”. “The ChargePoint Network provides Texas with proven technology that is available for consumers throughout the Houston area,” said Richard Lowenthal, CEO Coulomb Technologies. “The Galveston network of stations combined with the existing Houston network gives Southern Texas one of the largest installations of networked charging stations in the U.S. The demographic considerations for Galveston are near-perfect; the number of people who live and work on the Island, the close proximity to the Houston Metro area, an international tourism base with a mind-set that is supportive of recreational EV use.” Many neighborhood and low-speed electric vehicles are already in use on Galveston Island and more are on the way. The City of Galveston recently placed two new e-buses into service, and an electric taxi company, along with a shuttle service using 12-passenger EV’s, are soon to be in operation. Electric bicycles, scooters and motorcycle rentals are soon to be available and will compliment a sustainable transportation initiative that has been well received by the public. The plans and projects underway are designed to make Galveston Island a national leader in clean-fuel sustainable transportation and renewable energy development programs. For more information on Verdek, please go to: www.verdek-ev.com For information on The Galveston Historical Foundation, please go to: www.galvestonhistory.org About Coulomb Technologies, Inc. Coulomb Technologies is the leader in electric vehicle charging station infrastructure with networked charging stations installed in municipalities and organizations worldwide. Coulomb provides a vehicle-charging infrastructure, with an open system driver network: the ChargePoint Network (www.mychargepoint.net) provides multiple web-based portals for Hosts, Fleet managers, Drivers, and Utilities, and ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations ranging in capability from 120 Volt to 240 Volt AC charging and up to 500 Volt DC charging. For more information, please visit www.coulombtech.com and follow Coulomb on Twitter at twitter.com/coulombevi.
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Positive Energy Resources is proud to be involved in the building of the electric car charging infrastructure. We have installed nearly a dozen EV Charging Stations in the past few months in the Houston and DFW Metro areas with more installations scheduled. We provide sustainable solution consulting services designed to incorporate our great line of quality renewable energy products from our reknowned supply partners into solutions designed to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and to conserve our precious natural resources for future generations. We are very pleased to be an Authorized Dealer - Installer for Coulomb Technologies ChargePoint EV Charging Systems and the new EV Island Charging Station.
Positive Energy Resources is becoming a leader in Sustainable Transporation Solutions in the Texas and beyond. And, we are continuing to develop the previously announced Houston EV Charge Network: On June 24, 2010, 6 ChargePoint EV Charging stations were unveiled by Central Parking at 6 different parking garage locations in downtown Houston. Prior to this, on February 1st 2010, Galveston Island joined our ChargePoint Network with an installation at the 1861 Custom House on 2nd Street. In December, Positive Energy Resources installed 2 ChargePoint Charging Stations for Starwood Hotels. Watch this site for additional ChargePoint and Houston EV Charge Network news. For more detailed information on the ChargePoint EV Charging System or the Houston EV Charge Network please go to:
www.mychargepoint.net or www.houstonEVcharge.com
We are pleased to announce that our sales, distribution and installation network for ChargePoint now includes the Dallas - Fort Worth Metro Area. To contact our sales associates outside the Houston area, please click on the Contact US tab on this website or feel call or email. To discuss opportunities to join our expanding Sales Associate Team, please email us at: admin@PositiveEnergyResources.Com
MORE CHARGEPOINT AND HOUSTON EV CHARGE NETWORK NEWS:
June 2010:
Positive Energy Resources installs 6 ChargePoint Level II Charging Stations for Verdek at 6 Central Parking locations in downtown Houston. Unveiling of the ChargePoints too place on June 24, 2010.
Positive Energy Operations Manager Carlos Escobar Central Parking Clay Station ChargePoint Unit #01
February, 2010:
ChargePoint EV Charging Stations now in Historic Downtown Galveston District
The Houston EV Charge Network Continues to grow! We welcome the famed and historic 1861 Custom House, headquarters for the Galveston Historical Foundation, as the Cornerstone Member of the Galveston Grid of The Houston EV Charge Network. EV owners can charge their vehicles at this location 24/7. To locate additional charging stations on the ChargePoint Network, log on to www.mychargepoint.net.
Positive Energy ChargePoint Press Release:
For more information on PositiveEnergyResources to to: www.PositiveEnergyResources.Com
For more information about the Houston EV Charge Network, go to: www.houstonEVcharge.com
December 24th, 2009:
POSITIVE ENERGY RESOURCES installs CHARGEPOINT EV CHARGING STATIONS at the ELEMENT HOTEL DFW NORTH in Irving and at the ELEMENT HOTEL VINTAGE PARK in Houston for Starwood Hotels.
ABOVE: ChargePoint Charging Station located at Element Vintage Park Hotel, Houston
BELOW: Element DFW North Irving - Project overseen by Nan McReynolds & Joe Long
November 2009:
Positive Energy Resources at TREIA 25th Anniversary Conference in Austin!
Positive Energy Resources displayed their renewable resource product line featuring Windspire and the Coulomb ChargePoint EV Charging System. The Texas Renewable Energy Industry Association celebrated its 25th Anniversary at the Omni Hotel Complex in Austin Texas November 8th through the 10th. Governor Rick Perry was the Keynote Speaker. Positive Energy Resources would like to thank all those who took time to stop by and learn about our great product lines. The event was a resounding success for PER, with several great connections made. Look for future announcements of projects that came as a result of this well run event! Congratulations to the TREIA Executive Staff for a job well done.
Past Press Releases - 2009 PRESS RELEASE – Houston, Texas – October 23, 2009 Positive Energy Resources, a Houston area Renewable & Sustainable Resource Systems company, announced today that they have signed a sales and installation agreement with Verdek, of Rome, GA To be called the Houston EV Charge Network©, the grid will consist of multiple charging stations to be deployed at popular or highly-frequented locales and will include Galveston, The Woodlands, Cypress, Katy and Clear Lake, with additional network areas to be developed according to consumer demand. One or more charging stations can be sited at each location. Remote off-grid charge sites are possible by integrating the use of wind turbines and solar panels. Nan McReynolds, spokesman for Positive Energy Resources said "There are some great EV’s and hybrids on the market today, with more on the way in the next few months. Some of the new EV models will really catch the public’s attention, and experts are predicting that EV sales will increase exponentially over the next two to three years. New battery technologies will provide for extended travel range which has been the downfall to past EV initiatives. We believe that if we are to meet our goals of being less dependent on foreign oil and to more effectively utilize renewable resources for transportation, charging stations like ChargePoint™ will be commonplace soon. It is our plan to provide prospective EV buyers some peace of mind in knowing that there will be easy to find, low-cost charging solutions available all across the metropolitan Houston area in hopes of helping spur EV sales locally.” Ms. McReynolds went on to say that schools, businesses, apartments communities, high-rise office buildings and lofts, shopping malls, movie theaters and restaurants are all prospective target locations and that “we hope to begin installing units very soon. We are currently working with a local college on the first of two test sites and we look forward to showing the public how easy ChargePoint™ is to use, further promoting the sales and use of eco-friendly and efficient vehicles in Houston.” Guy Mannino is the former president of Pirelli Tires USA and is the President & CEO, Verdek, the South Central Region Distributor of Coulomb ChargePoint™ Systems, and in welcoming Positive Energy to the Verdek family, he agreed with McReynolds and said that although there are few electric vehicles on the road today, it is a matter of time before they are common place. “It is important that we get traction in this emerging market now in order to gain and maintain the momentum necessary to lead the building of the electric infrastructure for the EV market. We are able to provide EV owners with a proven charging solution at work or school and at many of the places they might normally frequent and park their vehicles for some time” said Mannino. Mannino is a big believer in the electric car movement - Verdek EV also is the distributor for the Tazzari Zero and ZAP Alias lines of EV’s, two of the more unique and interesting EV’s in this growing segment of the auto market. Coulomb ChargePoints™ are in use all across the USA and in Europe and have been sited at McDonald’s and Starbucks, as well as placed into use by municipalities across the USA. Both San Jose, CA and San Francisco, CA have ChargePoint™ networks in place. EV owners are able to easily access charging station locations and other useful site information on the internet and can even monitor their own vehicle power consumption data by logging into www.mychargepoint.net. Positive Energy Resources, in addition to sales and installation of ChargePoint™, is a Certified Mariah Power Windspire™ Wind Turbine dealer and is the parent company of Green Power Garages™, an affiliated company that sells and installs the Solara line of solar & wind-powered carports and garages, available in both on and off-grid applications. We are pround to be associated with Verdek. See our ChargePoint section in this site!
POSITIVE ENERGY RESOURCES OF HOUSTON, TX SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH VERDEK TO MARKET COULOMB TECHNOLOGIES CHARGEPOINT EV CHARGING STATIONS! DEPLOYMENT PLAN ANNOUNCED!
, the regional distributor of Coulomb ChargePoint™ EV Charging Systems. Coulomb is recognized leader in networked charging stations for electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). Positive Energy Resources has announced a comprehensive three year initial deployment plan that will concentrate its efforts in the Greater Houston Metro area, primarily in the highly traveled Beltway 8, Inner Loop and Interstate corridors.
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