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To: Brian Griffin

I take it every employer will have a charging station for each employee or will allow time during the day to go charge your vehicle?


53 posted on 05/23/2021 8:24:14 AM PDT by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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To: 100%FEDUP

Last large oil company a fortune 500 one at that I worked for had ten Tesla supercharger in the front parking row right by the elevators out of the parking deck. Only Tesla could park there they towed anyone else who parked in those spots. At every corner of the garage on every deck was 120v AC plugs and every 100 feet along the walls as per code. Those were available for slow charge EVs but they were also used by the maintenance people to run the electric pressure washers and scrubbers for clean up. They were pretty good about plugging back in EVs if they unplugged them to use the circuit. Lots of EVs Tesla especially at the oil company but a good number of leafs and BMWs as well. Once people figure out they only drive 30 ish miles both ways and can charge at work or home and never need a gas pump the switch is easy. Most cars are grocery getters and soccor shuttles going as per the gov data 40 miles or less per day. The upper middle class have multiple cars we have 4 two trucks two commuter cars. Replacing the commuter cars with Tesla or VW wouldn’t affect the single summer trip to the beach in the 4x4 and hunting in the fall at the land.


62 posted on 05/23/2021 8:33:35 AM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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To: 100%FEDUP

“I take it every employer will have a charging station for each employee or will allow time during the day to go charge your vehicle?”

At my local libraries, there are a few charging stations.

People park their electric cars by the chargers and stick in the cable upon arrival. When they come out, they walk to the charge cable and remove it and place it back on the charger, then drive off.

By 2030, 10% of employer parking spaces might be reserved for vehicle recharging and have charge cables.

By 2040, 40% of employer parking spaces might be reserved for vehicle recharging and have charge cables.

By 2050, 60% of employer parking spaces might be reserved for vehicle recharging and have charge cables.

Here in Florida, the parking of vehicles by recharging posts is regulated by law already.

Electric cars will be used mainly by the well-paid at first, simply because low-cost used gasoline-powered cars are far more plentiful and will long remain the only practical choice of the lower-paid.

Every parking spot may have eventually have a charging cable, much like parking spots in downtowns have parking meters, but one charger might serve several charging cables.


89 posted on 05/23/2021 9:01:00 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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