TomT
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Yep, we both love Costco too! We usually go to the Northridge location...
Blackhouse said:My wife and I love Costco.
Blackhouse said:My wife and I love Costco.
Our nearest Costco is 14 miles away. A couple of days ago my wife wanted to go down there one evening, and I hesitated, knowing I only had three bars left. I almost suggested taking the Prius, but figured the LEAF would make it, and it did, with cautious driving. We were only there for a little more than half an hour, but an extra 5-10 mile buffer sure would have been nice.thankyouOB said:what is the point of charging while at Costco for 30 minutes or even an hour?
Herm said:EVDRIVER said:If there is one thing that burns me about the LEAF is the pathetic charger, that the thing in the car not on the wall Because of the small charger, wine country is not feasible, Santa Cruise is just out of reach, etc.
Just paying for stuff takes at least 30 minutes with the long lines, I dont see how you could get out in under one hour... and the cheap lunch is the best part
Do you think Nissan intentionally made the size of the charger small to limit mileage?.. and thus prolong battery life?
mogur said:Yep, we both love Costco too! We usually go to the Northridge location...
Blackhouse said:My wife and I love Costco.
Westfield involvement is a good sign. They own Mainplace and Century City Malls. Both have charging. Very big on LEED certfication.DTB said:mogur said:Yep, we both love Costco too! We usually go to the Northridge location...
Blackhouse said:My wife and I love Costco.
The Canoga Park location lease is almost up so I doubt they would upgrade the chargers there. They are going to build a new store in Woodland Hills. I'd hope a brand new site would include new chargers, although it's going to be part of a Westflied Shopping Center and so far they haven't shown any interest. I did email Westfield but did not get any sort of response back from them.
Please post contact info (email/phone?) so other interested Costco members/EV drivers can follow up.HighDesertDriver said:The manager told me that the best bet for getting new J1772 hookups would be to contact corporate, which I will be doing after this post.
There is an old Avcon charger at the Puente Hills location, but it is (at least it was) also marked as a Handicapped space, and as the nearest such space to the store entrance, it was reliably filled with ICE vehicles displaying handicapped placards. So getting Costco to modernize its existing 240v infrastructure may only be part of the battle....HighDesertDriver said:Here, as with most Costco locations I have visited, the EV charging spots are frequently used as parking for the tire shop or hybrids.
Glenn57 said:As he recently told me, the members inquiries have come mainly from California, and surprisingly, none from WA state.
Check the third post of this thread. It's there in de-spamified form...DaveL said:Would you be willing to share Craig Peal's email address?
A number of Costco's in California already have them, just the older style. ClipperCreek will upgrade those for free if they just sign the paperwork. Seems like a no-brainer to do that, at least...Glenn57 said:Craig has been at Costco in his current position for 11+ years that I know of. He's taking a increased look at these stations. It's very expensive and a long term commitment. Think of all the infrastructure that has to happen to put these in. The price of the charging unit is a very small part of this commitment.
Unless they consider them an waste of valuable space...which is what this thread is all about. A company like Costco isn't looking at the price tag of the hardware...at least not very much. It's more about whether they want to spend time and space on them.GeekEV said:A number of Costco's in California already have them, just the older style. ClipperCreek will upgrade those for free if they just sign the paperwork. Seems like a no-brainer to do that, at least...
My point is that the space is already wasted and the upgrades are free. No harm, no foul. Now, if they were actively contemplating REMOVING the existing EV spaces - fine, so be it.davewill said:Unless they consider them an waste of valuable space...which is what this thread is all about. A company like Costco isn't looking at the price tag of the hardware...at least not very much. It's more about whether they want to spend time and space on them.
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