mctom987 said:
mkjayakumar said:
If you get free charging at work, you could potentially skip charging at home entirely
Please don't do that. Please don't be a charger hog. Your employer is providing those facilities
presumably not for you to save pennies on electricity, but to provide you the ability to commute without any range anxiety. So start with a full charge everyday from home and then top it off at work, so you start with a full charge from either ends. This way you can maximize the charger usage with multiple folks in your facility.
I didn't say leave your vehicle plugged in all day every day. I also didn't say he should only do that. Only the potential was there to minimize his needs to speed another ~$1000 installing an L2 at home. Some work places, like mine, list it as an employee benefit. Should the OP not be able to take advantage of something like that as well, just because he has a shorter commute?
Quite a presumption. I have free charging at work and there are no strict rules governing how the free charging should be used to charge employee EVs/PHEVs.
It's also not pennies in places w/expensive electricity, like PG&E-land. See these:
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=155519#p155519" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=378936#p378936" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=235977#p235977" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
mkjayakumar, feel free to list a typical winter and summer monthly kWh usage amount (and the month) w/associated cost for your house pre-EV/PHEV and after. I could tell you what they'd cost based on the E-1 schedule (http://www.pge.com/tariffs/ERS.SHTML#ERS" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false
and my allotted tier 1 baseline.
From what I've gathered, it seems to be more of a benefit/perk for mine. We have no significant issues w/utilization, hogging at my work or charging etiquette (people free up spaces and handles upon request w/the help of an internal list w/license plate #, car and owner's name) despite our informal, self-governed system. Also, we have EV valets who have 6 dedicated J1772 handles for their use.
The 2nd most popular plug-in at my work is the Volt. We've also got an increasing # of Fusion and C-Max Energis along w/PiPs. Should they not be entitled to charge? I've started sessions for Model Ses and a recent one pulled down over 16 kWh. Another I plugged in many months ago (IIRC) sucked down over 24 kWh. I don't think any of the Model S owners have very long commutes.
I've spoken to several PHEV and EV owners at my work who have no ability to charge at home.