http://gas2.org/2009/07/20/element-lexington-first-hotel-in-world-to-install-electric-car-charging-station/ What is the future of fuel? What's new? What's next? Since 2007, Gas 2 has covered a rapidly changing world coming to terms with its oil addiction. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:40:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://gas2.org/2009/07/20/element-lexington-first-hotel-in-world-to-install-electric-car-charging-station/#comment-11610 Weotui Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:52:36 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=2949#comment-11610 The ChargePoint station is part of a network of stations that in turn connects to a server at CoulombTech. This is to arrange for centralized billing. Question: Why would a hotel want his customers to be charged by a third party if the costs for an overnight charge are in the range of a few dollars? Wouldn't it be much simpler to just charge a small (flat) fee at the time of checkout, or make it free of charge? A standard outdoor socket at the parking will do the trick, whereas the ChargePoint station shown is in the range of several thousand dollars; it will need many years to break even from the retail of electric energy. The ChargePoint station is part of a network of stations that in turn connects to a server at CoulombTech. This is to arrange for centralized billing. Question: Why would a hotel want his customers to be charged by a third party if the costs for an overnight charge are in the range of a few dollars? Wouldn’t it be much simpler to just charge a small (flat) fee at the time of checkout, or make it free of charge? A standard outdoor socket at the parking will do the trick, whereas the ChargePoint station shown is in the range of several thousand dollars; it will need many years to break even from the retail of electric energy.

]]> http://gas2.org/2009/07/20/element-lexington-first-hotel-in-world-to-install-electric-car-charging-station/#comment-34471 Weotui Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:52:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=2949#comment-34471 The ChargePoint station is part of a network of stations that in turn connects to a server at CoulombTech. This is to arrange for centralized billing. Question: Why would a hotel want his customers to be charged by a third party if the costs for an overnight charge are in the range of a few dollars? Wouldn't it be much simpler to just charge a small (flat) fee at the time of checkout, or make it free of charge? A standard outdoor socket at the parking will do the trick, whereas the ChargePoint station shown is in the range of several thousand dollars; it will need many years to break even from the retail of electric energy. The ChargePoint station is part of a network of stations that in turn connects to a server at CoulombTech. This is to arrange for centralized billing. Question: Why would a hotel want his customers to be charged by a third party if the costs for an overnight charge are in the range of a few dollars? Wouldn’t it be much simpler to just charge a small (flat) fee at the time of checkout, or make it free of charge? A standard outdoor socket at the parking will do the trick, whereas the ChargePoint station shown is in the range of several thousand dollars; it will need many years to break even from the retail of electric energy.

]]> http://gas2.org/2009/07/20/element-lexington-first-hotel-in-world-to-install-electric-car-charging-station/#comment-34472 Weotui Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:52:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=2949#comment-34472 The ChargePoint station is part of a network of stations that in turn connects to a server at CoulombTech. This is to arrange for centralized billing. Question: Why would a hotel want his customers to be charged by a third party if the costs for an overnight charge are in the range of a few dollars? Wouldn't it be much simpler to just charge a small (flat) fee at the time of checkout, or make it free of charge? A standard outdoor socket at the parking will do the trick, whereas the ChargePoint station shown is in the range of several thousand dollars; it will need many years to break even from the retail of electric energy. The ChargePoint station is part of a network of stations that in turn connects to a server at CoulombTech. This is to arrange for centralized billing. Question: Why would a hotel want his customers to be charged by a third party if the costs for an overnight charge are in the range of a few dollars? Wouldn’t it be much simpler to just charge a small (flat) fee at the time of checkout, or make it free of charge? A standard outdoor socket at the parking will do the trick, whereas the ChargePoint station shown is in the range of several thousand dollars; it will need many years to break even from the retail of electric energy.

]]> http://gas2.org/2009/07/20/element-lexington-first-hotel-in-world-to-install-electric-car-charging-station/#comment-34473 Weotui Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:52:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=2949#comment-34473 The ChargePoint station is part of a network of stations that in turn connects to a server at CoulombTech. This is to arrange for centralized billing. Question: Why would a hotel want his customers to be charged by a third party if the costs for an overnight charge are in the range of a few dollars? Wouldn't it be much simpler to just charge a small (flat) fee at the time of checkout, or make it free of charge? A standard outdoor socket at the parking will do the trick, whereas the ChargePoint station shown is in the range of several thousand dollars; it will need many years to break even from the retail of electric energy. The ChargePoint station is part of a network of stations that in turn connects to a server at CoulombTech. This is to arrange for centralized billing. Question: Why would a hotel want his customers to be charged by a third party if the costs for an overnight charge are in the range of a few dollars? Wouldn’t it be much simpler to just charge a small (flat) fee at the time of checkout, or make it free of charge? A standard outdoor socket at the parking will do the trick, whereas the ChargePoint station shown is in the range of several thousand dollars; it will need many years to break even from the retail of electric energy.

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