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I've only seen 1 and it's at a sports park about 1 hour away in Plano.
Slowly but surely more are popping up. Some malls, some job sites, even some apartment complex's have installed free EV charging stations.
Any near you?
Chevy dealerships definitely cost themselves a sale with me. I offered them one last time to find a plug in and they knew of none. Turns out there is one 3 miles from my abode at a mall.
Toyota really pissed me off with their bait and switch attempt on the 2017 Prius plug in. They floated all year long that it would go 80 miles on a plug before switching over to gas. Now they say oh woops 22 miles, check back with us later. Ass s.
The new 2017 Tesla for 35K or so sounds great. 180 miles on a plug. But I'm not plopping down a grand and waiting a year. Maybe in late 2017 or early 2018. Also there will be some great deals on slightly used Teslas as a few people will bail on the new ones for one reason or another.
I've only seen 1 and it's at a sports park about 1 hour away in Plano.
Is it so bad to pay for electricity?
Anyway, I see plugs in parking lots all around West Austin. But since I don't have an electric car, I can't tell you if it's free or not.
Depending on the cost, it can negate the $$ saved by using electric.
Free plug in is the no brainer $$.
Example Volt get 109 miles per gallon to the average regular driving routes when elec and gas are combined.
That can seriously lower your gasoline bill.
If one has access to free plug in plus does not have to go over 50 miles, you could have your gas bill be damn near zero. Regardless of 50 mile limit or not, your gas bill is going seriously down if you have access to free plug in.
If you plug in at your house, it all depends on what your local Scam Power company gouges. Most places electrical rates go down at night.
I see plugs at Wholefoods... but also don't know if it's free.
Out of curiosity, what do places charge to plug your car in?
Most cars nowadays have a USB outlet. Some even a standard plugin. Couldn't one just use an adapter and charge directly through the car itself?
They have them at the Mueller HEB, a few miles from my house in Austin
Yeah, but that just seems like complaining about not getting free . It's certainly cool to have any of those stations, but it doesn't feel right to expect other people to pay for you to get around.
I'm not sure that the OP was necessarily griping about not having a free plug in. Seems like his main complaint is that his car doesn't go as far as they say and they can't show him where there are any plugins (free or otherwise) to recharge so that he can even drive as needed. Although I may be wrong.
I agree with you that it doesn't make sense to complain about not getting free electricity. Unless the dealership actually told him there are plenty of free places around. Which does sound like something a salesman might say.
There are several plug in locations in the Portland Oregon area. I don't think they are free though. I think you use a credit card.
Interesting. Google maps only has a few listed. There are more that I have seen in several locations that "maps" doesn't show.
Fabbs' gripe is definitely not a simple as not having free electricity. But I'm just wondering how that's even on the table. If that's going to be a real thing (free charge stations), it definitely affects my upcoming car search.
Those extra ones are probably mimics. I'd steer clear of them.
Mimics?
LOL...
Do you expect google maps to always be up to date?
They are so behind on anything not paid to be advertised through them.
I haven't done much research on it but who ultimately pays for that? I assume if it's at a park or something, it falls on the city/taxpayers. If it's at an HEB, does the store pay for that? Or do they get some kind of tax credit if they provide the outlet. I guess even if the store pays for it, it's good for them if it draws in more consumers.
Do you know if you can recharge at a Pokemon station?
See, people tried the same thing with treasure chests. And it didn't work out well for them:
That's definitely the question. It's probably cheap enough to do that right now. But I doubt that's sustainable.
they probably get some sort of break for having them. I know if you have a Car2Go parking spot for your business in Austin it counts as 20 "regular" parking spots.
Here is some insider info. Use it wisely please.
http://voltacharging.com/
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Wholefoods has some hot babes doing the *organic* shopping thing. Use it as an icebreaker if you see one of them using it. If applicable and you're single.
Plus it usually says the cost right on the charging station, somewhere.
The price really jumps around. Wholefoods and other stores/malls often times it's free. They are assuming you will shop there and they will make it up, plus they get a huge tax break (at least in Calif). See above link for a joint that is currently doing it for free at no cost to the mall. How long that will last, who knows.
I'm not sure how this gets us away from fossil fuels in the long run. Seems like it would just shift demand from oil to natural gas. I guess natural gas is cleaner and it would lower our reliance on the Middle East. But at the same time it would dictate that more natural gas wells (and associated fracking) be drilled.
what do you mean? that it counts for 20 regular spots.
When people who work in the oil business start losing their jobs over this, watch what happens.
A city like Bakersfield without the oil business, ouch~~~~~~~ Gas stations start losing customers, ouch~
Bars and other establishments are required to have a certain amount of parking spots available based on capacity. They can get around that with car2go spots, but I don't know what the other ways around it are.
As I recall reading recently, some states give tax incentives for them but it didn't seem like much----a rebate of a small percentage of the cost to install the equipment. Retailers are starting to get on board with it; I know here in SA all Kohl's, Lowe's and most Walgreens provide them free of charge. There are probably lots more.
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