mitch672
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Thanks Timehorse, my commute is 34 miles roundtrip, but the parking garage I park at in downtown Boston has set up 2 EV/PHEV parking spots, as I have been speaking/emailing with the garage manager since I reserved the Leaf in April. They have the spaces each setup with a 20A-120V circuit, and a 30A-240V circuit... I started to tell them about EVSEs and the like, but I think I kind of lost her in the technical details at any rate, the 120V will be availble to plug it in while I am at work, so I should be doing my entire commute all EV. Even if both spaces are taken up I will still be mostly all electric, depending on the tempature. Volts seem to be getting about 30 miles EV range with temps at 32F (winter temps here).. The garage hasn't posted the EV/PHEV policy yet (there are no EVs in Boston yet, for the most part) but once EVs become more popular, I think the EVs will have priority for these 2 spaces (Versus PHEVs which always have the gas option), they are right near the garage office, and I think they want you to leave your keys so they can move around the vehicles, that would be my guess, but nothing official yet. They are also going to paint the spaces/wall "green" and have signage made up that sais something like "EVs only" or somesuch, they tell me they are going to make a big splash with the announcement soon, and good for them for taking this seriously.
BTW, this is a very progressive, forward thinking garage, and I do need to give them credit for taking my advice, investigating this, and moving forward and designating 2 EV spaces, at least it's a start. I am going to give you the link, so they get credit, and you will know where to park your EV if you visit Boston
http://www.posquare.com/facility.html
Here is a link to pictures I took of the outlets/spaces, they are so close you can read the circuit numbers
http://s461.photobucket.com/albums/qq333/mitch672/EV%20parking%20spaces/
BTW, this is a very progressive, forward thinking garage, and I do need to give them credit for taking my advice, investigating this, and moving forward and designating 2 EV spaces, at least it's a start. I am going to give you the link, so they get credit, and you will know where to park your EV if you visit Boston
http://www.posquare.com/facility.html
Here is a link to pictures I took of the outlets/spaces, they are so close you can read the circuit numbers
http://s461.photobucket.com/albums/qq333/mitch672/EV%20parking%20spaces/