Deployed EV charging station at a retail site

Deployment Timelines

How Electric Era Installs EV fast chargers quickly.

Beating the status-quo:

Construction is the quick part in EV fast charging projects. A few weeks of trenching, foundations, and equipment installation is all that's needed for a given site.

The slow part is the utility. It has to review the request, study grid impact, and, if the site's electrical service isn't sized for it, schedule a transformer upgrade. That step is routinely the longest in the project, and everything downstream waits on it.

Something unexpected shows up on nearly every project. We've built enough EV charging sites to know what that something usually is, and to get ahead of it before it costs you time.

Mo 1Mo 2Mo 3 Mo 4Mo 5Mo 6 Mo 7Mo 8Mo 9 Mo 10Mo 11Mo 12 Design & Feasibility Permitting Utility Procurement & Hardware Construction Commissioning 4–8 wks 4–8 wks application → interconnection if upgrade required up to 18–24 wks lead time 4–6 wks energize & open

A smaller upgrade. A shorter wait.

Some sites already have enough electrical capacity for DC fast charging, so no upgrade is needed at all. For sites that don't, the transformer upgrade is usually what triggers the long utility wait.

This is where battery-backed design earns its keep. The battery buffers peak draw, so at many sites the utility-side upgrade needed is smaller than what the site's charging demand alone would require.

We stay on it

Progress on an interconnection or permit application often comes down to who follows up, and how often. Our project managers stay in direct, ongoing contact with utility staff and permitting officials throughout.

It's all in the details

Conduit routing, panel capacity, inspection scheduling: rarely the headline risk on a project, but where timelines quietly slip. Our implementation team ensures these items don't cause delays.

All hardware is tested in house

Every charger and battery unit is tested end-to-end at our facility before it ships. A problem is far easier, and cheaper, to resolve on our bench than in your parking lot.

We look around corners

We've run enough of these projects to know where things tend to go wrong, and we watch for it at every stage. Most issues get caught and resolved before they ever affect your timeline.

Electric Era's Seattle facility where hardware is tested before shipping

Every phase, start to finish

See each step in the EV fast charging build.

Site plan and equipment layout drawing from the design phase
01 Design & Feasibility
Municipal zoning map used during permitting review
02 Permitting
Dynapower and Electric Era battery switchgear equipment installed on site
03 Utility + Hardware
Fast charging units staged under the canopy, still wrapped after delivery
04 Procurement
Concrete foundation formwork and rebar during site construction
05 Construction
Completed charging stalls during commissioning, with mountains in the background
06 Commissioning

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3D render of the sleek and modern RetailEdge EV charging station, featuring a large touchscreen, a charging cable, and a user-friendly interface designed for seamless retail experiences.