I went to the meeting this morning. Probably the biggest bit of news for me was the Dec 31, 2011 sunset clause on free charges and subsidized installs. Currently, the limits are $2250 for a pedastal mount and $1500 for a wall mount.
There was a talk by Pam D. of Destinations Hotel and Resorts, who are installing L2's at 3 properties. They have an deal setup with Enterprise Car Rental For daily or hourly LEAF rentals at their hotels.
Kohls will have L2's at 3 locations; Chula Vista, Santee, and San Diego. Best Buy is still out there on the horizon. Intuit and San Diego County Water have private L2's. The existing public chargers at Balboa Park and The Lodge at Torrey Pines. I didn't hear mention of the Pala Casino install. He did mention that they sell the Blink for $3000 outright.
Walter from Car2go told us that 300 membership rental electric cars will be roaming around downtown SD by the end of the year.
Mike F. of CCSE said there were a few dozen EVs in SD at the end of last year. Now there is 750, 1000 by year end, and 3000 next year.
Ecotality is actively looking for L3 hosts along major transportation corridors. Their L3 has 2 "hoses"; one can be reconfigured to a future SAE style. Comes with 42 inch monitor. Revenue sharing is 50/50 between host and Ecotality. Rates are negotiated from a suggested base rate, and can be amended after contract signing.
Half the cost of install and the entire EVSE/charger comes fro
Dept. of Energy ARRA money (stimulus money). Torrey Pines was a $17k install that only cost them $1k out of pocket.
Public chargers doesn't mean public in the sense you might be accustomed. It can be restricted to employees and customers.
They would like to have 1300 level 2 and 30 level 3 chargers by years end. Because the EV project is a study, they will be collecting data through April 30, 2013. They may remove lightly used chargers then.
EV Project ends April 30, 2013.