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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Anyone with half a brain can see the value of setting up a car charging business to meet the demand. Given the apparent ‘rage,’ an smart business person could make a mint. then of course, create jobs to have people operate the stations and provide other minor services.
EV owners want their electricity for free I bet
No wonder there are few of them set up.
Wait until people start charging battery packs in the trunks of their gas powered cars at these charging stations and then powering their home for free...
This story gave me a happy.
Big advantage to gasoline/diesel. Full tank in a couple minutes. No waiting.
Where I work (northern VA) the electric cars get free charging. The deal is that building owner gets to pretend they are “green” and pick up some subsidies. They also have mostly empty bike racks for the same reason. The primary purpose of electric cars, rooftop solar and other such nonsense is to pick up subsidies.
The rage is no doubt hastened by the buyer’s remorse these ideologues must be experiencing.
The “problem” here is that the charging system costs about $2,000 and probably requires a new 240V circuit in your electrical box, which means another couple of hundred for an overpriced electrician. That’s why everybody wants to use somebody else’s charger.
Liberals not doing due diligence? Can this be possible?
I see these gadgets for sale where you lay your electronic devices on it and it charges them (no plugs/cords); I’d imagine they can do that on a larger scale (they’d just have to park them in a certain section of the lot). Couldn’t imagine the cost, though...
Seriously? “Charge rage”?
The very same people making this stink are unlikely to acknowledge that fundamental fact of economics...:)
Probably don’t have enough range to make it to and from work without a charge. TS if you are stupid enough to drive one of these.
If I had to guess, I'd say many of these people bought them to get into the carpool lanes and they probably are pushing the range limits. If they are young, they maybe pushing the midnight oil and don't have the car plugged in at home long enough for a full charge..
A fuel cell converts hydrogen to electric current.
Clever entrepreneurs could build up charging trucks...a two or three ton truck with a huge DIESEL generator on the back.
He could tour parking lots, do roadside visits and make house calls.
Of course he would have to “charge” the moonbats.
Sweet!
A great big old diesel generator.
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