This deployment signifies the beginning of a substantial project across the Northeast Ohio region, following Flo partners Alternalite EV and SAF's successful bid as the exclusive charger provider for Phase 1 of the Northeast Ohio Area-wide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) Electric Vehicle Charging Station Program. Phase 1 of the program includes deploying 54 Level 2 CoRe+ stations and 19 Level 3 SmartDC fast charging stations throughout the area.
Alternalite EV is an Ohio-based full-service electrical contractor specialising in EV charging installations and certified female, minority owned business founded by Trudy and Jose Ramos. SAF is a general construction company based in Akron, Ohio, with offices in Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. It provides full design and construction services for public, institutional, non-profit and commercial clients.
NOACA, the transportation and environmental planning agency responsible for a five-county region surrounding Greater Cleveland, secured almost US$4m for EV charger expansion from the US Department of Transportation (US DOT) Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality program. Additionally, NOACA announced in January it received a US$15 million grant from the US DOT for Phase 2 of the Electric Vehicle Charging Station Program.
The initial Flo charging stations in the Greater Cleveland area are operational, with all 73 planned installations to be completed by the end of the year.
