I sent my views to both contacts on their PR. Below is the response from the EVgo rep. From his email I take away this:
- EVgo has a 'near total focus on DC Fast charging' They are following their CEO's plan, so 1 L2 at a multiple L3 EVSE site will become the norm. For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} - RE: Feedback: EVgo EVSE @Fremont, CA Lucky Supermarket Friday, December 11, 2015 7:13 AM [PST] Bruce, Thanks for your well thought out comments. A couple things. In no way is the Fremont area saturated. The Whole Foods EVgo Freedom station is the busiest public charging location in the nation by more than double compared to the next closest. It has for the last six months averaged 24 hour total use if you calculate the number of full charging sessions at the chargers there. We anticipate the Lucky station being significantly busier because as you mentioned the access is better than any other charging location in California and it is less than a 1/2 mile from the freeway. In addition the Lucky Freemont station is actually only at half of what it's planned (and already pre-wired and built) capacity is. There is both parking access and pre-wiring for another four Dual DC Fast 50kW EVSE's. This is just the first stage of development for EVgo with Lucky/Savemart as a host all over the region. So that you understand, the stations are paid for and owned and operated by EVgo NOT Lucky and the location is a long-term lease agreement at the site. Lucky does not choose the capacity at the site EVgo does and when the need is illustrated by usage the site will be expanded in a matter of days not weeks or months. Also understand that EVgo has a near total focus on DC Fast charging. We have more than 500 Freedom Stations across the country and more than 100 in California. That is more locations than all other providers of public charging combined. We are also very active on Plugshare both in customer engagement and use (In fact plugshare maps populate our website). Look for another new EVgo Freedom station also with 2 DC Fast Dual chargers and a L2 at Lucky Daly City in the coming days. Thanks for your comments and feel free to reach out any time. Jeremy Desel Director Communications 1000 N. Post Oak Road, Suite 240 | Houston, TX 77055 Office: (281) 407-1252 | Cell: (281) 384-8187 [email protected] - ... https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremydesel Jeremy Desel Director Communications at NRG EVgo Houston, Texas Area Oil & Energy Previous [employment] Reporter KHOU-TV April 1999 – April 2015 Houston, Texas Area Adjunct Professor University of Houston January 2007 – June 2011 National Trustee National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 2004 – March 2009 Reporter/Fill In Anchor KATU-TV April 1996 – April 1999 Weekend Anchor/Reporter KDRV-TV January 1995 – April 1996 Anchor/Reporter WAGM-TV April 1994 – December 1995 Education Emerson College MA, Mass Communication 1992 – 1994 Named Outstanding Graduate Student Pacific Lutheran University BFA, Communication/Theatre 1987 – 1991 [© 2015 linkedin.com] -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Followup-from-NRG-a-paradigm-shift-of-charging-200-mi-EVs-tp4679161.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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)
