[ausev] Cold Weather and lead acid batteries/plugging in at work

[Brian Lasseter]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Claire Sorenson
<csorenson1 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> Given my reduced range, I have talked to the CFO at my office and they will
> let me install an outlet so I can plug the truck in while I am working.
> Since our CFO plans on trading his Prius in on a Plug In Prius as soon as
> they are available, he decided to add another outlet and share the cost of
> the installation (thank goodness, since it is turning out to be pretty
> expensive).  I was hoping that Austin Energy might have an incentive program
> available for employers who would like to provide outlets for employees who
> drive EV's, but when I spoke with a friend at Austin Energy he said there is
> nothing in place yet.  If we owned the building we occupy, we could get an
> income tax deduction, but that is all that is available right now in Austin.

I'm still working on getting my company to install some electrical
outlets.  After taking an inventory of all outside walls, I found 5
outlets that I could park near, but only 2 of them are near real
parking spaces, and those two parking spaces get occupied very early
in the morning.

I think I'm over the hump though, they want to let me use the plugs,
and said I could use them informally... but I never get to work early
enough in the morning to get the spaces with the plugs.

So I need to get formal approval and have signs made to keep others
away since I never get to work before 9:00am.


-- 
TTFN,
Brian "Lasso" Lasseter

"No Sane man will dance."   -Cicero (106-43 B.C.)