I installed my charging station last night. Took about 45 minutes. I've got an electrical and mechanical engineering degrees, and this device is at best a $100 part. There is no way these should be costing $800! I'll post pictures later.
Getting it was an ordeal!
4-16-12 (Monday) I tried to buy a Schneider Electric Universal Wall Mounted Electric Car Charger off Lowes on-line for $799 but kept getting hit with WA State sales tax even though RCW 82.08.816 exempts these items from sales tax. So I called the 800 number. After 45 minutes the sales guy managed to override the sales tax.
4-21-12 (Friday) I called back because my card had not been charged. The sales person said my order had been shipped, and siad he would e-mail me the details.
4-24-12 (Monday) I called back; no e-mail, the "NEW" sales person said the order was cancled! He told me the audit department caught the illegal non-sales tax sale and removed it from the system!
After another 45 minutes of talking and faxing to Lowes the RCW (law) I was told by Lowes that they have NO WAY to NOT charge sales tax! They were going ask legal and look into the issue.
4-25-12 (Tuesday) I call back. They tell me they CANNOT remove the tax. However, they will sell me the charger for $760 including TAX! I place the order. Free shipping!
5-2-12 (Tuesday) The wife said I got a package!
REF:
RCW 82.08.816
Exemptions — Electric vehicle batteries and infrastructure. (Expires January 1, 2020.)
(1) The tax imposed by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to:
(a) The sale of batteries for electric vehicles;
(b) The sale of or charge made for labor and services rendered in respect to installing, repairing, altering, or improving electric vehicle batteries;
(c) The sale of or charge made for labor and services rendered in respect to installing, constructing, repairing, or improving electric vehicle infrastructure; and
(d) The sale of tangible personal property that will become a component of electric vehicle infrastructure during the course of installing, constructing, repairing, or improving electric vehicle infrastructure.
(2) Sellers may make tax exempt sales under this section only if the buyer provides the seller with an exemption certification in a form and manner prescribed by the department. The seller must retain a copy of the certificate for the seller's files.
(3) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(a) "Battery charging station" means an electrical component assembly or cluster of component assemblies designed specifically to charge batteries within electric vehicles, which meet or exceed any standards, codes, and regulations set forth by chapter 19.28 RCW and consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540.
(b) "Battery exchange station" means a fully automated facility that will enable an electric vehicle with a swappable battery to enter a drive lane and exchange the depleted battery with a fully charged battery through a fully automated process, which meets or exceeds any standards, codes, and regulations set forth by chapter 19.28 RCW and consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540.
(c) "Electric vehicle infrastructure" means structures, machinery, and equipment necessary and integral to support an electric vehicle, including battery charging stations, rapid charging stations, and battery exchange stations.
(d) "Rapid charging station" means an industrial grade electrical outlet that allows for faster recharging of electric vehicle batteries through higher power levels, which meets or exceeds any standards, codes, and regulations set forth by chapter 19.28 RCW and consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540.
(4) This section expires January 1, 2020.
[2009 c 459 § 4.]
Getting it was an ordeal!
4-16-12 (Monday) I tried to buy a Schneider Electric Universal Wall Mounted Electric Car Charger off Lowes on-line for $799 but kept getting hit with WA State sales tax even though RCW 82.08.816 exempts these items from sales tax. So I called the 800 number. After 45 minutes the sales guy managed to override the sales tax.
4-21-12 (Friday) I called back because my card had not been charged. The sales person said my order had been shipped, and siad he would e-mail me the details.
4-24-12 (Monday) I called back; no e-mail, the "NEW" sales person said the order was cancled! He told me the audit department caught the illegal non-sales tax sale and removed it from the system!
After another 45 minutes of talking and faxing to Lowes the RCW (law) I was told by Lowes that they have NO WAY to NOT charge sales tax! They were going ask legal and look into the issue.4-25-12 (Tuesday) I call back. They tell me they CANNOT remove the tax. However, they will sell me the charger for $760 including TAX! I place the order. Free shipping!
5-2-12 (Tuesday) The wife said I got a package!
REF:
RCW 82.08.816
Exemptions — Electric vehicle batteries and infrastructure. (Expires January 1, 2020.)
(1) The tax imposed by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to:
(a) The sale of batteries for electric vehicles;
(b) The sale of or charge made for labor and services rendered in respect to installing, repairing, altering, or improving electric vehicle batteries;
(c) The sale of or charge made for labor and services rendered in respect to installing, constructing, repairing, or improving electric vehicle infrastructure; and
(d) The sale of tangible personal property that will become a component of electric vehicle infrastructure during the course of installing, constructing, repairing, or improving electric vehicle infrastructure.
(2) Sellers may make tax exempt sales under this section only if the buyer provides the seller with an exemption certification in a form and manner prescribed by the department. The seller must retain a copy of the certificate for the seller's files.
(3) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(a) "Battery charging station" means an electrical component assembly or cluster of component assemblies designed specifically to charge batteries within electric vehicles, which meet or exceed any standards, codes, and regulations set forth by chapter 19.28 RCW and consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540.
(b) "Battery exchange station" means a fully automated facility that will enable an electric vehicle with a swappable battery to enter a drive lane and exchange the depleted battery with a fully charged battery through a fully automated process, which meets or exceeds any standards, codes, and regulations set forth by chapter 19.28 RCW and consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540.
(c) "Electric vehicle infrastructure" means structures, machinery, and equipment necessary and integral to support an electric vehicle, including battery charging stations, rapid charging stations, and battery exchange stations.
(d) "Rapid charging station" means an industrial grade electrical outlet that allows for faster recharging of electric vehicle batteries through higher power levels, which meets or exceeds any standards, codes, and regulations set forth by chapter 19.28 RCW and consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540.
(4) This section expires January 1, 2020.
[2009 c 459 § 4.]
