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With many corporate chargers you need to have a special card to charge on them even though they are standard ChargePoint chargers. So if you are near a Google,
by killion 13y ago
With many corporate chargers you need to have a special card to charge on them even though they are standard ChargePoint chargers. So if you are near a Google, Microsoft, etc building at night which has hundreds of chargers not in use you can't use them.
Because these companies get a great tax break for installing them I think they shouldn't be able to prevent the public from using them.
- epmatsw 13y agoCompanies also get tax breaks for having showers.
- tdiggity 13y agoChargePoints also have an ongoing cost. You need to pay for the cellular access that is built into them every month. They also charge the company different amounts depending on if they make it free to the employees or some dollar amount. Also, they are expensive. They can cost $4000+ for the first unit plus installation. This cost scares a lot of companies from even starting the project. In 2011 or 2012, chargepoint offered chargers for free. And now, in 2014, there are no tax breaks.