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Airport to host DTE-funded pilot of mobile EV charging units under 14-month lease
Summary
Metro Consulting and Ion Dynamics described a DTE Emerging Technology Fund pilot to place two mobile charging units at Grosse Ile Airport, including minor hangar door modifications and a 14-month equipment lease; the commission received a verbal award but no contract and asked safety and operational questions.
Metro Consulting engineer Eric Geerlings told the Grosse Ile Airport Commerce Park Commission that Metro and Ion Dynamics have proposed a DTE Emerging Technology Fund pilot to station two mobile EV charging units at Grosse Ile Airport for a 14-month lease period. The commission heard that DTE would provide grant funds to Metro Consulting, Metro would lease equipment from Ion Dynamics, and the units would be stored inside Hangar 1 and deployed to charge vehicles on the public parking side or on the airfield.
The project would require minor infrastructure changes at Hangar 1, including replacement of two pedestrian doors and installation of a small ramp to allow the mobile units to cross the hangar threshold. "The dollars would flow from DTE to Metro Consulting. We would make those upgrades at your airport," Geerlings said. He described the leased units as battery-on-wheels systems capable of DC fast charging one vehicle and providing Level 2 charging for up to four vehicles simultaneously.
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