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EVs will sell better if people know they can find chargers for them.
Costco, McDonald's, Starbucks and others can use EV chargers to attract customers.
Pre-wire buildings and parking structures to reduce cost of future charger installation
Timing the charging of EVs is key to preventing grid overload.




By Terril Yue Jones, Contributor

WASHINGTON - Want to get people interested in EVs? Put electric vehicle charging stations at Starbucks and McDonalds. Pre-wire parking structures before they're built. Install chargers in the parking lots of large retail stores, such as Costco and Wal-Mart, where people spend a lot of time.

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San Francisco has installed a bank of EV chargers on street near City Hall.
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These are ways energy providers can work with the private sector to promote more convenient and widespread use of EVs by Americans, panelists at the Electric Drive Transportation Association annual conference said Thursday.


Adoption of EVs will be slower in the absence of a decent charging infrastructure, most agreed, but the way that infrastructure is planned and developed can also have a big impact.


Charging cars while parked on streets presents numerous challenges such as scalability, vandalism, and, in colder climes, battling snow drifts.
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Tags: Plug-ins and Electric, Electric Drive Transportation Association, Electric Vehicle Charging Strategies, EV Charging, EVs

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Charging Strategies Will Have a Lot To Do With Electric Vehicle Adoption was originally published by Green Car Advisor. Read the full story by clicking here.