August 4, 2013

PLUG, WORK, GO:

Jump-starting electric vehicle sales with workplace charging stations (Catherine Green, August 3, 2013,LA Times)

[T]he real key to extending the cars' range, and easing consumer fears of running out of power and getting stranded on the road, may well be getting large workplaces to add chargers -- allowing EV-driving employees to double their commuting distance or to run more errands.

"That would really help increase the viability of the EV market," said John Boesel, chief executive of Calstart, a clean transportation consulting firm.

According to statistics provided by charging station supplier Ecotality, workplace chargers are used three times as often as typical public chargers, which might sit outside the Jonathan Club in downtown Los Angeles, for instance, or the Department of Water and Power office on Hope Street.

In a recent survey, Ecotality found its workplace chargers showed a dramatic increase in usage over the first half of 2013, up about 61%. That growth mirrored a rise in EV ownership. 

We're installing them at King Arthur Flour's retail store alongside a set of solar panels.

Posted by at August 4, 2013 8:13 AM
  

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