"EVSE company sales teams are hot to make a sale and get their commission, but prioritizing a contiguous string of public EVSE between cities is not their focus."
EVSE companies just manufacture and sell EVSEs, so why would one expect they determine where EVSEs are installed? I think there needs to be a way for people (besides manufacturers) to make money from EVSEs in order for them to proliferate. Public funding can get it started and demonstrate feasibility, but we can't afford to allot public funding at the level required to build out the entire infrastructure. There has to be a working business model developed. I think we EV drivers should expect to pay an amount for using an EVSE that supplies the owner with a reasonable rate of return. The question of course is always what is "reasonable". The EVSE pays for its capital and installation cost in 5 years, 8 years...? Local government can help by facilitating installation near business owners who are willing to purchase and install EVSEs. And of course there need to be enough EVs on the road in that locale for the owner to recoup her/his investment in an acceptable (to them) period of time. Currently, where I live the owner would starve. :^)) I would pay to install some if I could get even 2% annual ROI. Gas stations started out as "service" stations, usually coupled with mechanics service, permitting them to generate much more revenue than by just selling gas. This model doesn't seem applicable to EVSEs. -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-EVSE-overcrowing-replaces-range-angst-tp4661763p4661777.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 For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
