Along with all the (pro and con) plugin newswires, I get quite a few "so-n-so now has EV charging" pieces. I find them interesting, but I do not post them anymore as few evdl readers cared for them.
I had been working with evdl and North SF Bay EAA Chapter member Chuck Hursch, when I found newswires about new public EVSE in the north bay. I had let him know of a newswire of new EVSE going in near him in Larkspur, CA. But it has been a lot of PR/talk and no-action. I did not see Novato's EVSE listed on Chargepoint site https://na.chargepoint.com/index.php/charge_point I hope the Novato City Council does not play games like Larkspur's did and actually install the EVSE. I recently sent him a piece on the Sausalito Molly Stone http://www.marinscope.com/sausalito_marin_scope/news/article_38afd33c-7635-11e2-8cb0-0019bb2963f4.html http://sanbruno.patch.com/articles/mollie-stone-s-to-unveil-electric-car-charging-stations Note see the type of Coulomb EVSE installed http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/patch/4f06294e90da84c66213bab9e88a62db That tall EVSE tower has two j1772 couplers, and the cables come from the top, which is less of a pedestrian tripping hazard. Looking at the Chargepoint site for that EVSE shows: MOLLIE STONES / SAUSALITO 100 Harbor Dr, Sausalito, California 94965, United States Notes: - Port 1: (208/240V, 30A, J1772) Available Port 2: (208/240V, 30A, J1772) Available Reservations Disabled $5.00 per hour thereafter The above newswire says the first hour is free. But $5/hr afterward, ... ( yike$ ! ). But that does not matter, after an hour of shopping at Molly Stone, just go south a short distance to charge for free: BERG HOLDINGS / MARINSHIP WAY 2330 Marinship Way, Sausalito, California 94965, United States Notes: Located at main entrance parking lot Port 1: (120V, 16A, NEMA 5-20R) Available Port 2: (208/240V, 30A, J1772) Available Reservations Disabled Station Price: Free ... For any newbie plugin drivers, please take note to bookmark/favorite the EV Charging finder sites: recargo.com , carstations.com , and plugshare.com App/sites like Chargepoint, Blink, etc. only really are for their own brand of EVSE, the above sites show all brands of EVSE. {brucedp.150m.com} - On Thu, Feb 28, 2013, at 05:21 PM, David Ladd wrote: > I just got an email from our city (Novato, Ca) that they are installing 6 > Chargepoint charging stations starting this week! I knew it was in the > works, but it's exciting that they are now breaking ground on it. Email > says they will be free "for a limited time." I'm curious just how > limited that time will be? Anyway, just wanted to share the news, and no > one I know cares so I'm telling you all. :-) - -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
