Car Charging Group, a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, announced the company has joined Nissan’s EZ-Charge and “No Charge to Charge” programs.
Nissan’s “No Charge to Charge” promotion provides two years of no-fee charging with the new EZ-Charge card with the purchase of a new Nissan LEAF.
The EZ Charge all-access card provides Nissan LEAF owners with access to CarCharging’s Blink Network as well as other major charging networks.
CarCharging will provide “No Charge to Charge” program participants with thirty minutes of charging at its eligible DC Fast charging stations and one hour of charging at its eligible Level 2 charging stations at no fee.
Eligible locations include public parking locations, which do not charge parking fees.
After the allotted no-fee charging, participants may continue to fuel their EV and pay standard charging rates.
The programs will initially be offered beginning on July 1, 2014 in 10 of the largest Nissan LEAF markets, which include Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, Nashville,
The programs will also be offered retroactively to consumers who purchased their LEAF on or after April 1, 2014, and expanded to at least 15 additional markets in the following year.
Michael D. Farkas, chief executive officer of CarCharging, said, “With thousands of EV charging stations at all types of properties throughout the country, CarCharging is delighted to support Nissan and LEAF buyers with convenient, no-fee charging at our participating locations.”
“Through this program, we will begin to monetize the assets we have developed and acquired over the last few years and we anticipate other manufacturers will participate,” Farkas added.