Uh, why is this necessary? Can't you just leave a placard with something like "feel free to unplug me to use the EVSE if my green light is flashing"? 2012s can disable the charge cord disconnected alarm, and 2011s can have it disabled by the dealer if you are using public charging regularly.
. My thought was why don't we worry about that when it happens. So I sat down with the station manager and cycle 3's manager and we discussed getting charging infrastructure in the employee parking lot. We are on airport property and don't own our parking lot unlike MiniFuels situation just down the road from me who had his management put in plugs for him. My company won't put infrastructure investment into a parking lot they don't own. I can understand my station manager not wanting costs coming out of his budget, so it is up to the airport authority. We've contacted them and they replied that they were installing chargers starting with their administration building, then some of their service lots around the terminals followed by the short term parking lots at the terminals. Though they originally didn't have any plans to put chargers in any of the employee lots around the airport, since myself and some other employees over on the terminal side have been asking for charging infrastructure they have decided to have a meeting to discuss what employee lots to possibly put chargers in. So that is progress I guess but it is slow progress to say the least, and in the mean time I'm not allowed to plug in anymore.... It can be frustrating sometime.
I offered to pay a monthly fee to own the spot outright but instead they will be paying the electricity and when a second EV comes along we'll be assigned specific days to avoid hassles. If more than 2 EVs emerge, they'll probably add more chargers. I also donated the SPX while they paid the install and electricity which helps. I met with senior management months ago to sell it and focused on the positivies. Positive publicity, co-workers feeling good about the company attempting to be green and most importantly they might lose top shelf future employees that want a charge spot at work. Those applicants might drive though first to check for spots before applying etc...
When potential employees start asking about EV parking amenities for staff they'll start being put in so the company won't lose top candidates over EV spots...I wish I was having as much luck getting a charging infrastructure at my work. I was plugging in at one of our unused truck docks were I could feed my charge cord into the building and plug in to the outlet by the dock door. I had asked permission from my managers on 2 of the cycles I work on and they were fine with the idea. Then I was put on the third cycle and the station manager had a fit. He wasn't concerned about energy consumption, he was concerned that me plugging in would set a precedence and if someone else bought an EV they would want to plug in too....
You've done a great job of developing a plan and getting it in place. That's a nice piece of planning. You've also benefited from not having twenty EV owners all looking for a spot. Ultimately I think people have to pay somehow because you can never provide enough of a free good. But that's down the road, and for you a donation of an SPX charger is definitely "paying".
Oh I'm green, green with envy that is!
