EV Parking Conversion continues to displace Gas in Washington state

[G. David Felt]

So the building I work in took away 4 spots on the 1st floor of parking for gas auto's and installed chargers and designated them EV only.

 

 

I decided to keep an eye on them, empty all day, not a single EV in the spots. Wonder how much we will loose to dedicated EV only parking with chargers before we see this take off and they are always full?

 

Will the Chevy BOLT drive more use of dedicated EV parking and chargers?

 

How about all the other members here, have you seen more and more regular parking converted to EV only parking with chargers?

[Suaviloquent]

I have. And a dearth of them are ever used.

 

The only EV/Plug-in I've ever seen plugged in or on a designated spot anywhere have been:

 

- BMW i8 (once)

 

- Mitsubishi Modern Golf-Cart Electric Warfare (3 times)

 

If it's paid parking or not, either way:

 

They should just make'em first come first served parking spaces. If no electric car is there, then by all means park there. Or to give a bone to plug-in vehicles or full electrics they should make it maximum "insert big data-derived#" hours parking for regular cars, while the parking for the others is up to the maximum time allowed for people to park.

[Robert Hall]

I saw it a couple of years ago at a client I was working at for about a year.  They were full all the time, drivers had to coordinate w/ other drivers to use them (the other consultant I worked with at that client had a Volt)..they were so successful they expanded from 4 to 8 spots in late 2014.   Saw a variety of cars, several Tesla S'es, Volts, Leafs and a Tesla roadster...

 

At my current client, they are currently adding 3 floors to the parking garage and will be adding charging stations on the first floor. 

Edited January 21, 2016 by Cubical-aka-Moltar