The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, a business management organization that focuses on assisting startups involved in the field of clean energy, and ChargeHelp!, a maker of maintenance and repair dispatch technology for out-of-service EV charging stations, have created a multi-manufacturer reliability training hub for EV chargers.
The facility, which recently opened, is located in South Los Angeles on the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power‘s La Kretz Innovation Campus. It will offer dozens of EV chargers and related equipment for electric vehicle support equipment (EVSE) charger reliability training. LADWP has supported the buildout of the hub with the installation of electrical upgrades needed to power the chargers.
“By launching the first brand-agnostic training site in the nation in South Los Angeles, we are not only addressing the technical needs of the EV industry but also empowering local communities with valuable skills and job opportunities,” ChargeHelp! CEO Kameale Terry said.
To create the facility, incubator management secured funding from the state of California with the assistance of Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove.
The training hub will operate for three years, during which it will offer training and teach technicians how to conduct non-electrical diagnostics and perform maintenance and non-electrical repairs to EV chargers. A LACI representative said that most charger repair work involves updating firmware or software or resetting the WiFi connection.
Qualified training providers that need a training facility will be eligible to use the hub as well.
Source: Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
