Summary Of How To Get Free EV Charging at Public Places

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Summary Of How To Get Free EV Charging at Public Places?
Your employer may provide you with free EV charging. But how do you get free charging at public places? It could be either with a RFID card or without a card.
1.Here are a few examples without a RFID card
A. Level 1
Free Charging at High & Alma Garage, 430 High Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301
http://youtu.be/VAPPkWmrAjw
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAPPkWmrAjw[/youtube]
B. Level 2
Free Charging at Palo Alto Public Parking, 533 Cowper St, Palo Alto, CA 94301
http://youtu.be/Kq1AKN3irCE
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq1AKN3irCE[/youtube]
C. Level 3
EV charge station at Walgreens 399 El Camino Real South San Francisco, CA 94080
http://youtu.be/D1nHrp1X7Gw
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1nHrp1X7Gw[/youtube]
2. And then all the car dealership currently would offer free, Nissan, Fiat, Ford, Kia etc. The only problem with some dealership is that they may less welcome you by saying they have their own customers waiting to charge. A lot of free L2 chargers at the dealership don’t need RFID card, while L3 quick chargers a likely require RFID card.
Free Charging at Nissan Dealer, 4855 Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95051 USA
http://youtu.be/f_HZNe9uK8g
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_HZNe9uK8g[/youtube]
Free Charging at Nissan Sunnyvale, 680 East El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
http://youtu.be/Tsfq3Vktm0g
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsfq3Vktm0g[/youtube]
EV quick charge station at Premier Nissan of San Jose, 1120 Capitol Expressway San Jose, California 95136
http://youtu.be/ga9ui5dePIU
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga9ui5dePIU[/youtube]
EV quick charge station at Capital Kia, 755 Capitol Expressway Auto Mall San Jose, CA 95136
http://youtu.be/HS2O1Hig2vE
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS2O1Hig2vE[/youtube]
3. When the station was built with government grant, the charge stations were free. Some new stations are free because they are new, and then there are not free later. Nissan has No Charge To Charge program for a new Nissan Leaf owner to have free charge for the first 2 years, after the first 2 years, it’s no longer free. Below are some free stations I have used in the past
New EV Charger at Free & Easy, 1180 N Fair Oaks Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94089
http://youtu.be/Bu5TUz901SM
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu5TUz901SM[/youtube]

Free Charging at Downtown Alma Garage, 528 High St Palo Alto, CA 94301
http://youtu.be/Kpy0mUgc7lE
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpy0mUgc7lE[/youtube]
Free Charging at 355 Alma St Palo Alto, CA 94306
http://youtu.be/ESfP-uo0kP0
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESfP-uo0kP0[/youtube]
EV quick charge station at Whole Foods Market, 20955 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014
http://youtu.be/BBSfT-NDGGc
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBSfT-NDGGc[/youtube]
EV quick charge station at Santa Clara Public Lib, 2635 Homestead Rd Santa Clara, CA 95051
http://youtu.be/_W82GLT1gnM
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W82GLT1gnM[/youtube]
EV quick charge station at Free And Easy, address: 1180 N Fair Oaks Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94089
http://youtu.be/ik-1jF62_60
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik-1jF62_60[/youtube]
EV quick charge station at Whole Foods Market, address: 4800 El Camino Real, Los Altos CA 94022
http://youtu.be/eUst8JlGIWk
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUst8JlGIWk[/youtube]
EV quick charge station at Ohlone College, address: 39399 Cherry Street, Newark, CA, 94560
http://youtu.be/-0ugYiUzunY
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0ugYiUzunY[/youtube]
EV quick charge station at Stanford Shopping Center,250 Quarry Rd Palo Alto CA 94304
http://youtu.be/N8zNYm-qqaA
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8zNYm-qqaA[/youtube]
EV quick charge station at Whole Foods Market 777 The Alameda, San Jose, CA
http://youtu.be/Q5npZ0fCPYo
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5npZ0fCPYo[/youtube]
EV quick charge station at Walgreens, 1399 W. San Carlos St., San Jose, CA, 95126
http://youtu.be/kRoQDhCYk0E
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRoQDhCYk0E[/youtube]
EV quick charge station at Walgreens, 200 N Winchester Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95050
http://youtu.be/2w51-iom8aM
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w51-iom8aM[/youtube]
EV quick charge station at 2050 Channing Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94303
http://youtu.be/GU75di68J2g
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU75di68J2g[/youtube]
Level 2 charge station at Santa Clara Valley Water District, 5750 Almaden Expy, San Jose, CA 95118.
http://youtu.be/olvDcDvJgjc
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olvDcDvJgjc[/youtube]
EV quick charge station at Walgreens, 780 East Santa Clara Street San Jose, CA 95112
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZoT7ZAjBTA[/youtube]

4. Then it is the free charge stations have problems. More likely for free chargers, the problems may not be fixed for a long time.
EV Quick Charge Station at Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA, 95054
http://youtu.be/QP2r05s209k
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP2r05s209k[/youtube]
Problem at Walgreens, 200 N Winchester Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95050
http://youtu.be/FaURqYmPnYA
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaURqYmPnYA[/youtube]
 
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