BNL Employee Electric Vehicle Charging Program users group

["Van Buren, Gene" <gene AT bnl.gov>]

Hi, Mary

You and I have participated in the Earth Day event at the Lab, which should 
be in mid-April and is perhaps a good match to expand into a test driving 
showcase. Jeffrey Williams has organized this aspect of the Earth Day event 
in the past and would likely be glad to help get the word out.

I'm open to offering test drives, both old and new:
2013 Nissan Leaf
2023 Kia Niro PHEV

-Gene



> On Feb 21, 2023, at 2:07 PM, Bishai, Mary <mbishai AT bnl.gov> wrote:
> 
> Dear Gene and EV Users,
>  
> Great news on more chargers – I haven’t been using the lab chargers as much 
> in the last couple of months since I got a L2 at home since the super 
> off-peak rates from PSEGLI are around $13c/kwh.
>  
> I have some colleagues who are considering an EV/PHEV but due to lack of 
> inventory at local dealerships cannot get a test drive, would some of the 
> EV owners at BNL be willing to give tours or test drives of their vehicles? 
> If so can I direct them to send email  this list if they are interested in 
> a particular car? Maybe we could also try to organize a showcase day when 
> it gets warmer.
>  
> (2019 Chevy Bolt)
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> --------------------
> Dr. Mary Bishai    
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> From: EVusers-l <evusers-l-bounces AT lists.bnl.gov> On Behalf Of Van Buren, 
> Gene
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 1:47 PM
> To: evusers-l AT lists.bnl.gov
> Subject: [EVusers-l] Fwd: Chargepoint Station Usage
>  
> Hi,  EV users 
>  
> In addition to forwarding to this list this note from the administrator of 
> the Lab's charging program and the message it conveys about respecting 
> other users and their access to the charging stations, I want to highlight 
> two items:
>  
> 1) If it is inconvenient for you to leave work to move your vehicle to/from 
> a charging station, then the Level 1 charging option may indeed be a better 
> match for your situation. I think some people believe the Level 1 charging 
> program to be expensive because of its one-price-for-all arrangement, but 
> if it used al day for at least 2-3 days of each week, then it is actually 
> less expensive than the Level 2 charging (which is roughly ~$0.19/kWh). You 
> can adjust these numbers as you like, but roughly you get...
>  
> $17.56 / [(1.2 kW) x (8 hours/day) x (2.5 days/week) x (4 weeks/month)] = 
> ~$0.18kWh
> (and you might draw higher than 1.2 kW or use it for more hours)
>  
> 2) The news of an effort to bring additional charging stations is a big 
> deal - I look forward to the continued program growth! Please keep in mind 
> that this growth is also likely include charging for Labratory-owned 
> vehicles, and that those vehicles would likely have priority.  But given 
> how difficult it has been to grow the program over the years, we should 
> welcome what we can get!
>  
> Thanks,
> -Gene
>  
> 
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
>  
> From: "Kuzujian, Amanda" <akuzujian AT bnl.gov>
> Subject: Chargepoint Station Usage
> Date: February 21, 2023 at 8:35:34 AM EST
>  
> Hello EV Users,
>  
> Thank you for signing up and utilizing our Level 2 charging stations 
> onsite! It has been noted that some users stay connected all day or well 
> past the time their vehicle is fully charged. While it is very rewarding to 
> see that the chargers are encouraging acquisitions of more electric 
> vehicles, it also increases the difficulty for finding an open station to 
> charge. Please be kind to your fellow EV neighbors. When vehicle charging 
> is complete, an alert is sent by ChargePoint. Kindly move your vehicle at 
> that time so it is available for others to utilize.  We are in the process 
> of getting more Level 2 charging stations installed to better meet the 
> demand.
>  
> If all level 2 charging ports are taken, don’t hesitate to sign up for the 
> Level 1 charging sites and charge there.  Go to BNL | Guest Services | 
> Electric Vehicle Charging Program< to learn more!
>  
>  
>  
> All the best,
>  
> Amanda Kuzujian
> Supervisor
> Fleet, Transportation, Mailroom
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