I believe that is why Tesla gives it away to its customers. Sent from my iPad
> On Nov 24, 2014, at 11:45 PM, Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote: >> And with parking meters charging, becoming bigger and also taking >> credit cards, I see a potential future in the merging of the two. > > At least in the US, it is normal for electric utilities to have made it > illegal for others to resell their electricity. They set themselves up with a > legal monopoly way back in the early days when the grid was first being > established. ("If you don't give us the exclusive rights to sell power, we > won't your town on the electric grid. Sign here...") > > So you can't legally sell power at a charging station without the power > company's blessing. > > But you CAN charge for a parking place that just happens to provide "free" > electricity! > -- > Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any > good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats. -- Howard Aiken > -- > Lee Hart's EV projects are at http://www.sunrise-ev.com/LeesEVs.htm > _______________________________________________ > 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) > _______________________________________________ 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)