garygid
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This is a place to discuss methods of Sharing Charging Stations, and the cards that are sometimes used by the more-creative (and willing) Charging Station users.
The "Charger Sharing Protocol" at this URL is helpful, but more than some want to read:
http://www.evchargernews.com/chargingprotocol.htm
The station might be a simple plug in the wall, or an L2 or QC machine, and the "card" is for use whan you leave the car and go anywhere else. Your use of the card will not only help others to share the limited charging resources, but will be a great example to others.
For some, who just don't care, even the suggestion of "sharing" might be considered an outrage. However, leaving an actual Share-Charging-Station (SCS) card (AND a paper-clip, maybe even a colored one) instead of a suggestion to go to the Internet, print, etc. ... might be more effective. Printing out 10 or even 50 B&W copies, and one box of paper clips ... is not very expensive for many of us.
I think a 8.5" x 5.5" (half-sheet) size format will fit better than a larger size in a glove box, with simple instructions on one side, and the SCS card on the other might be good. Or, a one-sided print that can be folded in half, and laminated if one desires.
A color and a black-and-white version would be good, for those without color printers. A ".pdf" file with a fill-in field for the Contact-Me phone number, so it can be personalized and printed, or printed out ready to fill in.
For printing, many copy centers have both color and black and white copy machines, and the file can even be sent in on-line and printed at many local copy centers, Costco, Target, etc, also quite inexpensively.
There could be a choice of color schemes, to better match different cars.
The instructions can contain a link to a full selection of Share-Charging-Station (SCS) cards, and the basic card-usage instructions, done gently.
The "Charger Sharing Protocol" at this URL is helpful, but more than some want to read:
http://www.evchargernews.com/chargingprotocol.htm
The station might be a simple plug in the wall, or an L2 or QC machine, and the "card" is for use whan you leave the car and go anywhere else. Your use of the card will not only help others to share the limited charging resources, but will be a great example to others.
For some, who just don't care, even the suggestion of "sharing" might be considered an outrage. However, leaving an actual Share-Charging-Station (SCS) card (AND a paper-clip, maybe even a colored one) instead of a suggestion to go to the Internet, print, etc. ... might be more effective. Printing out 10 or even 50 B&W copies, and one box of paper clips ... is not very expensive for many of us.
I think a 8.5" x 5.5" (half-sheet) size format will fit better than a larger size in a glove box, with simple instructions on one side, and the SCS card on the other might be good. Or, a one-sided print that can be folded in half, and laminated if one desires.
A color and a black-and-white version would be good, for those without color printers. A ".pdf" file with a fill-in field for the Contact-Me phone number, so it can be personalized and printed, or printed out ready to fill in.
For printing, many copy centers have both color and black and white copy machines, and the file can even be sent in on-line and printed at many local copy centers, Costco, Target, etc, also quite inexpensively.
There could be a choice of color schemes, to better match different cars.
The instructions can contain a link to a full selection of Share-Charging-Station (SCS) cards, and the basic card-usage instructions, done gently.