Hi!
Option 2. Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure requires that "A parking space with EVSE cannot also be counted as EV Ready". Does this mean that
- EVSE cannot be counted as EV Ready or
- EVSE cannot be counted as both EVSE and EV Ready?
If it is the first one, why can't option 2 be achieved with mix of both EVSEs and EV ready places? Why would e.g. 1 % EVSEs and 5 % EV ready places be worse than 6 % EV ready places?
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Antti Karppinen
Emily Purcell
Sustainable Design LeadCannonDesign
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March 5, 2019 - 9:56 am
Good question...the way I read it is the first one, that EVSE spaces cannot count as EV ready. I interpret that to mean that Option 2 is all about setting the project up for future EVSE demand, and assumes any existing EVSE spaces are meeting current demand.
This makes sense to me, coming from a big US city with relatively low EV usage - we have a similar set of options in our city's sustainable development policy - most of our projects will include a couple EV chargers but we expect demand to grow soon and encourage them to add infrastructure for future charging now.
Since Option 1 is only 2% of spaces, it seems like that would cover other locations where the current demand for EVSE is higher.