Even In Sacramento, EV Charging Is Treated Like An Optional Luxury
When the Sacramento airport decided to redo its parking lots and some streets, it did have the courtesy of at least telling Electrify America that it was going to close off access starting in May. Electrify America decided to turn the stations off so that drivers wouldn’t get desperate and drive across construction to get a charge.
Even worse, it’s been said that the construction will go on for months. This tweet and video was from last month, and if the four-month estimate they were given is correct, there’s still months of downtime ahead. To see if anything had changed since May , I checked PlugShare’s reviews for the site, and it’s still showing offline, with visitors still reporting that it’s down. Electrify America’s app also shows that the station is down.
I reached out to Electrify America to ask them how they handled this, and I won’t assume anything about their position on this until I hear back. But, I think EV charging providers should act like the gas station owners when there’s construction. Letting government officials take the easy way out and cut access to a site without a fight isn’t good.Another issue this situation brings up, and one that we’ll probably see in the future, is that EV charging alone probably isn’t a great idea.
Beyond construction, it’s also looking like EV charging isn’t profitable enough to make keeping it running by itself a high priority. Most gas stations make almost no money at the pumps, and may even lose a little bit of money after considering maintenance and upkeep. Like a movie theater, the real financial action comes from the snack bar.
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