Posted on 01/20/2014 8:15:52 PM PST by RansomOttawa
An increasing number of electric-vehicle driving employees at Silicon Valley companies are finding it hard to access car-charging stations at work, creating incidents of "charge rage" among drivers.
Installation of electric vehicle charging ports at some companies has not kept pace with soaring demand, creating thorny etiquette issues in the workplace, the San Jose Mercury News reported.
Peter Graf, chief sustainability officer for German software company SAP, says the company's 16 charging stations are now not nearly enough for the 61 employees who drive electric vehicles.
Graf says cars are getting unplugged while charging, creating animosity between employees. A charge can take as little as 30 minutes.
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So i could go to a free charging station and charge a bunch of lead acid cells and bring them home and use the energy to heat my home?
Cool...
I did consider that, and my first thought was, who in their right mind buys a vehicle that they can't guarantee will be able to make the round trip?
I was thinking wait for the lawsuit- when someone leaves a child in the car and said child is fried like a ant
“16 charging stations are now not nearly enough for the 61 employees”
hmmm. 61/16 = 4.
8 / 4 = 2!
Simple. Every two hours give the electric drivers a 30 minute break to switch off.
Yep. For the same reason I would think twice before buying a car powered by propane, natural gas, or some other alternative fuel. I'd like to know I'd be able to get it back home from wherever I drive it. Gasoline is ubiquitous; other fuel types, not as much yet. I'm all for fuel economy and clean cars—as long as the reason is because the car is designed to pollute less, not because it's sitting useless in the breakdown lane.
Ha...just wait till some enterprising guy sets up a fake electric car and transports the free electricity back home for his own use.....
not too difficult to do with a fuel cell....or even a big battery pack.
Like a full sized van full of batteries . . .
I have a diesel. I plan in advance to be filled up before I go someplace where it is not readily available. Diesel’s easy to get near interstates; in small remote towns, not so much.
All that brilliance in SV, and these dolts didn’t consider that when buying the vehicle? They deserve it.
Well boo hoo hoo. They should call an electric waaambulance! I find it impossible to access a gasoline pump at my place of work and do just fine.
Just wait for that special accident where the lens focuses on the pinned driver or other occupant, and fries em.
Yes, I am sure they have homes with outlets. But here may be the problem. The Chevy Volt, for example, gets about 20 miles or so on a charge before it needs to use gasoline power. If someone drove 15 miles to work, he will want to charge up to get back home. Other plug in hybrids have the same kind of capability — if fully charged, they can go a certain distance using just the battery pack.
Most only get a certain range so they most likely charge before they leave for work and then they would have to charge again to get home I believe.
LOL
Wait until summer and things will really sizzle
Betcha not a lot of work is done by employees who drive EVs, as they must stand around to plug their cars in when a slot opens up and then stand around while it charges so they can can unhook and free up the slot for the next EV.
If they drove automobiles instead of Tonka Toys they wouldn’t need charging stations!
Are they paying for these charges? If it is free, that leads to over demand
Imagine looking out the window at the parking circus every 2 hours
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