My employer has gone the commercial EVSE route. Mainly for tracking purposes. We started with 3 110V outlets for 3-4 conversions and electric motorcycles.
We now have 15-20 electric vehicles with a bunch of Leafs, 4-5 Volts, and 2 Tesla. We have 6 Chargepoint EVSE that charge 2 cars at once. Chargepoint provides authorization, tracking and billing. The chargers are free for 4 hours, then $10 per hour after 4 hours. Obviously, they are trying to encourage half day sharing. We started with 2 EVSE 18 months ago and have been building out as more cars arrive. Adoption is increasing quickly. This is on a site with 2500-3000 employees. Mike On October 11, 2015 7:03:35 AM MDT, Chris Tromley via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >I've been involved with EVs for almost two decades, but I just used an >EVSE >for the first time a couple of weeks ago on my new-to-me i-MiEV. So >please >forgive me if I'm a bit slow on this topic. > >See, living on the east coast (Philadelphia suburbs) means living in an >EVSE desert. Up until recently the only EVs I'd seen were hobbyist >cars >that plugged into range and dryer outlets. Then came the Teslas, which >seem to be more common around here than ICE Mercedes. But they have >260+ >mile range, so I literally have never seen one charging. Never seen a >Supercharger station. They charge at home. I've seen a few Leafs >(Leaves?) and i3s, but only on the road, and certainly no more than >five of >each. My i-MiEV is not only the only one anyone has ever seen around >here, >no one has even heard of it. "An eye-what?!? Do they sell those in >this >country?" > >So I find myself rather embarrassingly ill-equipped to advise my >employer >about installing EVSE stations. I can get to work and back OK if I >drive >conscientiously, but not during winter. An EVSE at work would be very >handy. There are some receptive ears at work and there is a >substantial >parking lot expansion coming up, so I convinced them to at least plan >for >getting some power out there. And I, being the closest thing they have >to >an expert on EVSE, would get back to them with my recommendations. > >So here's my main concern - in this area EVs needing a charge are >*really* >rare. That will certainly change, but I wonder if that change will be >driven largely by acceptance of the soon-to-be-available 200 mile range >EVs >we keep hearing about - which will have much less need for at-work >EVSE. >Is there going to be a shift toward residential EVSE? > >My gut tells me my employer (with a head count of around 300) should >lay >power for three EVSE spots and install one, situated so two to four >parking >spaces can use it. Add others as/when needed. These would likely be at >the >back of the lot, near an outbuilding that already has power. Thoughts? > >Other finer points - recommendations for commercial-use EVSE? Pros and >cons of different layouts (serving side-by-side spaces or one in the >middle >of two spaces on each side of a parking row)? Charging rate - what's >really needed? Indicators on the EVSE to show if charging? (My i-MiEV >dashboard indicator is very hard to see from outside the car.) Do any >of >these have a network connection to email the EV-driver employees? What >are >the little details of living with EVSE that can be optimized with a >little >forethought? > >Chris >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20151011/bb31b433/attachment.htm> >_______________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ >Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
