Grateful to Canadian Parking Association for publishing my article on “EV Charging the New Gold Rush” (pg 26 of their “Parker” magazine - link below) which is based on a series of presentations I did in 2023. https://lnkd.in/giRRXV2q While the headline is purposefully attention grabbing, the principal is relatively simple: 1. SFU locates charging infrastructure where it is useable by different stakeholder groups at different times e.g. students & employees during the day, visitors, users of our amenities, and shoppers during evenings & weekends, and residents of nearby apartments at night. 2. SFU has public chargers that are truly public – anyone can use them. 3. By following #1 and #2 we are “flowing electrons” an average of 10.5 hrs per day per charging port – creating a new revenue stream for SFU, but more importantly providing the kind of public charging that various levels of government need to meet their sustainable transportation goals. Working with partners to expand SFU’s experiences to more organizations – hoping to have more on that this summer.
Great to see SFU leading by example in providing parking assets to host mixed-use EV charging to benefit both the university staff and students, as well as surrounding communities and businesses. Sharing charging infrastructure across these groups is critical to increasing utilization of chargers and reducing the cost of EV charging for all.
It is insight like this that enlightens our readers. Thanks for your valued contribution David!
Congratulations on the well-deserved recognition David!
Thanks for sharing, David
Great article Mr. Agosti!
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3mo1. seems like these locations are far apart from the various users. 2. Anyone can use them? For free or as a paying member of those groups?