lpickup
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I'm curious as to why you say that. Maybe you're talking about Nissan being in the best position to deliver charging station locations in a convenient place (i.e. the car's NAV screen), but in practically every other respect, I don't agree with this statement at all.EdmondLeaf said:IMHO there is desperate need to have accurate inventory of public chargers from one source and Nissan is best suited to deliver that.
1) From the first time I saw the LEAF at a drive event in early 2010 I could tell immediately that IT was not Nissan's strong suit. The sample iPhone app they showed was pretty basic (and let's face it, 2 years later it still is pretty basic!) But at least I knew going into it that that was going to be the case. Not that I'm not interested in snazzy GUI's and such, but if it was that important to me I would've waited for the FFE.
2) Other than charging stations located at Nissan dealers, Nissan themselves is not suited to manage an inventory of all public charging stations. Nor would I really want them to be. Managing the inventory of charging stations should certainly be manufacturer neutral.
Now Nissan's deal with Chargepoint is a good example of what I mean. Chargepoint manages the inventory, and Nissan grabs the data and presents it to the driver in-car. But I don't see it as Nissan's position to manage the database. And even Mark Perry agreed with that during the web chat when he answered my question (actually he misunderstood my question) stating that Nissan can't keep up with all the other apps and maps out there.