[ausev] Opportunity charging...

[Brian Lasseter]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:19 AM,  <kenscircus at aol.com> wrote:
>  It is important to be careful about overwhelming a business with a
>  request such as a mass charging outlet installation before they are
>  familiar with the concept.  This is just simple human nature.  Even if
>  the subject is simple, it will seem overwhelming and viewed negatively
>  without familiarity.  Additionally, when we approach a business, as a
>  group, requesting a mass charging system we must offer to pay for the
>  installation and energy use.  They may or may not accept payment, but
>  if it is not offered, the request will appear as a charity
>  solicitation.  There is a lot to consider when requesting such an
>  installation; contractors, liability, management etc.  All of this must
>  be pre-researched and managed, by the group, to keep the burden on the
>  business as low as possible.

Also... businesses can take a tax credit for 30% of the value of
"qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property", which
includes but is not limited to property used to "Recharge motor
vehicles propelled by electricity."   (limited to $30,000 for
business/investment use property or limited to $1,000 for personal use
property)  See   http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8911.pdf

On my 2007 return I claimed a $200 credit for the cost of adding a 50A
breaker, running 200ft of #6-3 wire to my garage, and installing a 50A
NEMA plug in my garage.


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On a brief, and mostly off-topic note, I was at the Arboretum REI this
past Saturday, and there was a lady in front of the store from Texas
Natural Gas hawking the Honda Civic GX NGV.   The gas company is
offering $3000 to anyone who purchases a Natural Gas powered car.  She
seemed strangely interested and terrified when I told her about my
electric car and all the other electric car work that is going on in
Austin.
     http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2005/04/21/045573.html
     http://automobiles.honda.com/civic-gx/

I laughed when she told me that it took 16 hours to fill the 8 gallon
CNG tank on the Honda Civic GX NGV from the Phill home refueling
station... Honda also cleverly installed the CNG tank to take up
2/3rds of the trunk.


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TTFN,
Brian "Lasso" Lasseter

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