USA - Electric transportation specialist, Proterra Inc of Burlingame, California, has launched a multi-dispenser charging solution enabling Proterra charging systems to have multiple low-profile charging dispensers paired with a single Power Control System (PCS). With less hardware to purchase and less equipment to install, the development lowers the cost of infrastructure for customers and reduces space needed for installations in space-constrained depots and parking facilities.

The multi-dispenser charger enables automated, sequential vehicle charging with up to four dispensers per PCS. Sequential charging allows multiple vehicles to charge one after the other automatically and at full power. Multi-dispenser charging is enabled for Proterra’s 60kW and 125kW systems and serves the Proterra Catalyst transit vehicle as well as the Proterra Powered Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley electric school bus. For customers who already have Proterra chargers, the multi-dispenser solution can be retrofitted onto existing PCS units.