I've charged there. I come to Kent sporadically, so you won't see my Leaf very often, but I'm glad it's there when I need it. Just keep talking up EVs, we'll convert folks over time.
Best regards, -- Cal Frye, www.calfrye.com 2015 Leaf, OH Lic "LECTRIC" "Anything else you're interested in is not going to happen if you can't breathe the air and drink the water. Don't sit this one out. Do something. You are by accident of fate alive at an absolutely critical moment in the history of our planet." -- Carl Sagan. > Rod Hower via EV <mailto:[email protected]> > August 15, 2018 at 8:56 PM > Cor, I plan on making a sign for the window with my cell if somebody > needs an EV charging spot, but it's kind of discouraging that a place > like Kent has almost no EV's and nobody ever charges there. This is a > progressive town, but not for EV's. The max occupation for this > parking garage is 1 car, and that is maybe 2 times a month for the EV > charge spots. I'll be in my new spot everyday now, I'm guessing > others have not realized the rate has been reduced to 10 cents/kWhr, > but who knows, I've only seen a few EV's in Kent! > > On Wednesday, August 15, 2018 6:33 PM, Cor van de Water via EV > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Rod, > Even with all the historic data, you can’t predict when an EV’er in > emergency need of some juice will arrive, so it is good habit to free > up a charger when not actively charging there (or post instructions in > your windshield how/when unplugging is allowed if there is the > possibility to use the charger from multiple parking spots, but still > then you may be blocking an EV from charging if other spots do fill up). > Even just leaving your cell number so an EV’er in need can request you > to vacate your parking spot so he/she can fill up – if they are > assertive enough to take that step…. > (you can make the threshold lower by an inviting phrase like “feel > free to call me when you need a charge”. > Cor. > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Rod Hower via EV > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 2:39 PM > To: Brucedp5 via EV > Cc: Rod Hower > Subject: [EVDL] ChargePoint usage > > I started charging my Chevy Volt at a downtown parking deck in Kent, > OH. They previously charged 35 cents/kWhr, so I never charged there > (I can make the 42 mile round trip in my Volt without using gas in the > summer, So I would only charge at home with 13 cents/kWhr). I just > discovered that they now only charge 10 cents/kWhr, so I plug in > everyday at work in Kent and also at home. The are 3 ChargePoint > spots in the parking deck and 95% of the time I'm the only car there. > My charge finishes before lunch and I was moving the car to free up > the spot, but it seems there's no reason to do that if no cars are > waiting. I tried to find something on the ChargePoint website showing > a specific charge stations usage, but couldn't find anything. Is > there a way to find out the charge stations usage over a period of > time?Thanks, > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20180815/8fc33c71/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20180815/fb3c0378/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20180816/728bb3b3/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > Cor van de Water via EV <mailto:[email protected]> > August 15, 2018 at 6:33 PM > Rod, > Even with all the historic data, you can’t predict when an EV’er in > emergency need of some juice will arrive, so it is good habit to free > up a charger when not actively charging there (or post instructions in > your windshield how/when unplugging is allowed if there is the > possibility to use the charger from multiple parking spots, but still > then you may be blocking an EV from charging if other spots do fill up). > Even just leaving your cell number so an EV’er in need can request you > to vacate your parking spot so he/she can fill up – if they are > assertive enough to take that step…. > (you can make the threshold lower by an inviting phrase like “feel > free to call me when you need a charge”. > Cor. > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Rod Hower via EV > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 2:39 PM > To: Brucedp5 via EV > Cc: Rod Hower > Subject: [EVDL] ChargePoint usage > > I started charging my Chevy Volt at a downtown parking deck in Kent, > OH. They previously charged 35 cents/kWhr, so I never charged there > (I can make the 42 mile round trip in my Volt without using gas in the > summer, So I would only charge at home with 13 cents/kWhr). I just > discovered that they now only charge 10 cents/kWhr, so I plug in > everyday at work in Kent and also at home. The are 3 ChargePoint > spots in the parking deck and 95% of the time I'm the only car there. > My charge finishes before lunch and I was moving the car to free up > the spot, but it seems there's no reason to do that if no cars are > waiting. I tried to find something on the ChargePoint website showing > a specific charge stations usage, but couldn't find anything. Is > there a way to find out the charge stations usage over a period of > time?Thanks, > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20180815/8fc33c71/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20180815/fb3c0378/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > Rod Hower via EV <mailto:[email protected]> > August 15, 2018 at 4:14 PM > I started charging my Chevy Volt at a downtown parking deck in Kent, > OH. They previously charged 35 cents/kWhr, so I never charged there > (I can make the 42 mile round trip in my Volt without using gas in the > summer, So I would only charge at home with 13 cents/kWhr). I just > discovered that they now only charge 10 cents/kWhr, so I plug in > everyday at work in Kent and also at home. The are 3 ChargePoint > spots in the parking deck and 95% of the time I'm the only car there. > My charge finishes before lunch and I was moving the car to free up > the spot, but it seems there's no reason to do that if no cars are > waiting. I tried to find something on the ChargePoint website showing > a specific charge stations usage, but couldn't find anything. 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