Sounds like a great opportunity for an entrepreneur - that HPWC coupler to j1772 adaptor. Kickstarter or indiegogo? Tom
On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 2:13 PM, brucedp5 via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > With all the coming election noise, and the possiblity of no more EVSE > grants ringing in my ears, on a search I could not find a renewal of the > U.S. Fed grant to cover some of the cost of installing public EVSE as > before. > > But I found a self-promo news item touting a business' new EVSE. I noticed > their EVSE were two (proprietary) Tesla HPWC EVSE, that no other plugin but > a Tesla EV can use. > > I sent a message off to the business' contact (a NJ mall), letting them > know > that non-Tesla drivers are going to feel rebuffed, thus they could lose > plugin driver business. > > They kindly replied letting me know their HPWC EVSE was part of a Tesla > Destination Charging grant (Tesla paid for it). See > http://www.teslarati.com/becoming-tesla-destination-charging-participant/ > Becoming a Tesla Destination Charging Participant > Feb 25, 2016 > [link > https://teslafactory.wufoo.com/forms/q7b8imo1g0og2v/ > contact Tesla’s Destination Charging program > ] > > BTW there is no HPWC to j1772 adaptors drivers can buy, so when HPWC are > installed, j1772 L2 drivers are shut-out. While I am not against Tesla, > helping to install 'Tesla-only' (proprietary) EVSE is the same problem > drivers had back in the late 1990's-on. > > GM would almost give away their inductive (proprietary, wireless) lpi,spi > EVSE, which would displace either one or both of the public EVSE being > installed at a host site, paid for with CA DMV fees (many EVSE sites had > two > spi and no conductive avcon EVSE). This cuckoo approach to public EVSE > domination ... > > [link > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo > Cuckoo ... Many species are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests > of other species, ... raise their ... young > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brood_parasite > ] > > is bad for the EV-cause, unless a HPWC coupler to j1772 adaptor is made > available for plugin drivers to buy. Since HPWC EVSE are non-networked, > buying an adaptor would be paid off with the free L2 charging. > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://evdl.org/evln/ > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Tesla-s-cuckoo-EVSE-grants-tp4681606.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160419/a90a23fc/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
