Is fuel cost the reason you bought a Volt? Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 11, 2017, at 3:31 PM, Rod Hower via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > There are 4 parking spots for EV's in the deck at downtown Kent. Work pays > for me to park in the deck but the Chargepoint chargers cost 35 cents/kWhr > (and that's the discounted rate for people that have deck parking, otherwise > it's 54 cents/kWhr). It's cheaper just to use gas in the Volt, so I don't > charge there. It's 42 miles round trip to work and in the summer I do EV > only, but in the winter I have to use about 10 miles gas on cold days. It > would be nice if they charged a reasonable rate for charging! > > > On Monday, December 11, 2017 5:46 PM, Cal Frye via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > There is a bit of contention for spaces where I work. In my assigned > garage, there is one L2 charging station, with one space designated for > EVs. A week or so ago, the designated spot was occupied by a Volt that > seemed to have been abandoned - it was parked in the space for four days > straight, as far as I could tell. > > Nearby, an obstruction was marked off with several orange cones. One day > when I was leaving, I moved one of the cones to block the space adjacent > to the Volt, and sure enough, the next day that space was available for > me. We'll see how long I can get away with this subterfuge. > > I have been contacting the parking authorities from time to time trying > to make a case for marking two spaces for a single charger, probably > time to do so again. > > Cal Frye > > PS - I've seen a Ford CMax, two Volts, four Leafs (including mine), an > i3, and a Bolt all circling the space, fortunately not all at the same > time. It's certainly time to request more chargers! > >> Dan Baker via EV <mailto:[email protected]> >> December 8, 2017 at 7:27 AM >> Hey everyone thanks for the response so far. I agree now, better to try a >> more friendly method then resort to push & threaten. So frustrating >> though, easy to get caught up. Would love to see some of those printed >> cards/flyers Mark! >> >> Cheers >> Dan > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20171211/3330acd5/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20171211/d0b8bc52/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > 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 Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
