Hello all,
Tucson's Clean Cities Coalition had their bimonthly meeting yesterday and it was sort of depressing
for EV's.
As I 'm sure you know... Ecotality of Phoenix won (?) a grant of $99.9 Million to install about
14,500 Level II charging stations and about 250 high voltage DC stations in Tucson, Phoenix, Ca, Or,
Tx etc (http://www.theevproject.com/). We expected the charging stations to start being installed
in conjunction with the Leaf roll out here. That's why I got the J1772 Adapter Box, Inlets and Plugs
going at www.TucsonEV.com. The Leaf was introduced earlier this month here.
Well Nissan has decided not to roll out the Leaf until there are at least 25% of the scheduled
charging stations installed in Tucson (25% of 250 = 70 stations). It turns out that Ecotality does
not have a product yet. In Calif, where they are also supposed to be installed, AeroViroment charger
stations are being installed, 'temporarily' I heard. The earliest that Tucson will get any is by
March. I've also heard that there are no contracts with any of the establishments that want the
charging stations on their property. So there are no electrical permits applied for, which will
further set back the installations.
On a plus side, when the charging stations are installed, they will be free for 2 years! After that
period, the property owner will decide how to charge, but there is a push to keep them free.
The Nissan dealership on Automall here in Tucson has 2 AeroViroment chargers, so Tucson now has
4 -J1772 Charging stations... YEAH.....
Rush
Tucson AZ
www.TucsonAZ.com
www.TEVA2.com
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Tucson's Clean Cities Coalition had their bimonthly meeting yesterday and it was sort of depressing
for EV's.
As I 'm sure you know... Ecotality of Phoenix won (?) a grant of $99.9 Million to install about
14,500 Level II charging stations and about 250 high voltage DC stations in Tucson, Phoenix, Ca, Or,
Tx etc (http://www.theevproject.com/). We expected the charging stations to start being installed
in conjunction with the Leaf roll out here. That's why I got the J1772 Adapter Box, Inlets and Plugs
going at www.TucsonEV.com. The Leaf was introduced earlier this month here.
Well Nissan has decided not to roll out the Leaf until there are at least 25% of the scheduled
charging stations installed in Tucson (25% of 250 = 70 stations). It turns out that Ecotality does
not have a product yet. In Calif, where they are also supposed to be installed, AeroViroment charger
stations are being installed, 'temporarily' I heard. The earliest that Tucson will get any is by
March. I've also heard that there are no contracts with any of the establishments that want the
charging stations on their property. So there are no electrical permits applied for, which will
further set back the installations.
On a plus side, when the charging stations are installed, they will be free for 2 years! After that
period, the property owner will decide how to charge, but there is a push to keep them free.
The Nissan dealership on Automall here in Tucson has 2 AeroViroment chargers, so Tucson now has
4 -J1772 Charging stations... YEAH.....
Rush
Tucson AZ
www.TucsonAZ.com
www.TEVA2.com
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