tomsax
Well-known member
I'm signed up to give a paper at EVS26 on the current state and effectiveness of our nascent electric vehicle charging infrastructure. As part of that study, I would like to survey a bunch of charging sites. I'm hoping Leaf owners can help me survey sites across the country.
To make the survey as easy as possible, I've developed a web-based survey tool that is intended to be used from an Internet-enabled mobile device, like a smartphone or tablet. All that is required is a web browser that supports JavaScript and cookies. I've only tested on iPhone and iPad, so I'll be interested to hear if it works on other devices.
I have built a database of all the non-residential Blink and ChargePoint stations as of last week, and have a map that shows where they are. If I can get even a tenth of these sites surveyed, I'll be very happy. If the study continues, I'll look for a way to import or manually add more sites, but at this stage, the survey is just filling out some simple information about the sites currently in the database, and is limited to Level 2 J1772 stations.
I didn't really intend to create yet another charging station map, but it seemed like the best way to make it easy for participants to locate stations. It's not at all intended to be comprehensive, but it does have a few features I wish the real charging station maps had.
The map and survey tool are explained on the intro page here:
http://www.pluginamerica.org/evi-survey/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
When I do the first visit at a site, I pull in and start charging, record the info about the site (Is there a fee for parking? What signage does each station have? Are they wheelchair accessible?), maybe take a photo, and when it's all done I've usually charged for about 10 minutes. When I visit a site that already has the basic info, it takes under a minute to report whether charging is available and check that the other information is still correct.
I've learned lots of interesting things visiting sites for the first time, and finding cool places where stations have been installed. I also find that every site is unique, and sometimes it takes a photo to fully describe some of the cool (and wacky) things I find. The next item on my to-do list is adding the ability to add site photos.
I'm also thinking of having a "hall of fame" and "wall of shame" nomination process, so this could be your chance to get your favorite or most horrible local charging location into the paper.
If you could help, I'd really appreciate it. Building the survey tool took much longer than I expected. I wanted to have it ready to use at the end of December, and now it's mid-February and the paper needs to be submitted at the end of the month. So, if you could enter even a few sites near where you live or work in the next week, I'd be grateful.
You can send in an account request from this page:
http://www.pluginamerica.org/evi-survey/account-request.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'll keep working on it even after submitting the paper as I expect there will be enough material for multiple papers and for eventual analysis over time.
Thanks!
To make the survey as easy as possible, I've developed a web-based survey tool that is intended to be used from an Internet-enabled mobile device, like a smartphone or tablet. All that is required is a web browser that supports JavaScript and cookies. I've only tested on iPhone and iPad, so I'll be interested to hear if it works on other devices.
I have built a database of all the non-residential Blink and ChargePoint stations as of last week, and have a map that shows where they are. If I can get even a tenth of these sites surveyed, I'll be very happy. If the study continues, I'll look for a way to import or manually add more sites, but at this stage, the survey is just filling out some simple information about the sites currently in the database, and is limited to Level 2 J1772 stations.
I didn't really intend to create yet another charging station map, but it seemed like the best way to make it easy for participants to locate stations. It's not at all intended to be comprehensive, but it does have a few features I wish the real charging station maps had.
The map and survey tool are explained on the intro page here:
http://www.pluginamerica.org/evi-survey/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
When I do the first visit at a site, I pull in and start charging, record the info about the site (Is there a fee for parking? What signage does each station have? Are they wheelchair accessible?), maybe take a photo, and when it's all done I've usually charged for about 10 minutes. When I visit a site that already has the basic info, it takes under a minute to report whether charging is available and check that the other information is still correct.
I've learned lots of interesting things visiting sites for the first time, and finding cool places where stations have been installed. I also find that every site is unique, and sometimes it takes a photo to fully describe some of the cool (and wacky) things I find. The next item on my to-do list is adding the ability to add site photos.
I'm also thinking of having a "hall of fame" and "wall of shame" nomination process, so this could be your chance to get your favorite or most horrible local charging location into the paper.
If you could help, I'd really appreciate it. Building the survey tool took much longer than I expected. I wanted to have it ready to use at the end of December, and now it's mid-February and the paper needs to be submitted at the end of the month. So, if you could enter even a few sites near where you live or work in the next week, I'd be grateful.
You can send in an account request from this page:
http://www.pluginamerica.org/evi-survey/account-request.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'll keep working on it even after submitting the paper as I expect there will be enough material for multiple papers and for eventual analysis over time.
Thanks!
