The EV’s are coming, the EV’s are coming!
Jason From Interstates Electric doing final tests.
Sunpower’s office was included in a Department of Energy grant program to help build the infrastructure to support and promote EV’s and plug-in hybrids.
The Blink EV station
As a previous post suggests, I believe plug-in hybrids are a transformative technology that have the potential to help wean us off our dependence of liquid fossil fuels while allowing the mobility modern societies have come to expect. Practical fuel cell cars are a long way off…
And when you charge those plug-in hybrids with solar electricity, those first 15 to 75 miles you drive purely on battery power are inexpensive and nearly zero carbon. Well, lo and behold, the very day our two new Blink EV chargers are getting their final inspection by the City of Tucson a beautiful blue Nissan Leaf pulls in the parking lot. As fate would have it one of our customers was stopping by to finalize some paperwork for a new solar hot water heater. So Wayne got to be our first EV charging customer too and we got to do a functional test of the Blink charging system.
Wayne in action
It is also my understanding that our office EV chargers are one of the few that are few by a grid-tie PV system. So if you have an EV stop by our office to charge your car while you shop or eat at AutoZone, Big 5, Grocery Outlet, EeeGees, or La Parrilla Suiza to name a few.
Wayne and Rita checking out the "electron fuel nozzle" as it tops off the Leaf. Note the solar panels right above the charger!
