Interesting article electric vehicle charging & campgrounds
Howdy all. This is an interesting article and informative for campground owners and EV owners alike.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1094708_electric-vehicles-in-rv-campgrounds-what-you-need-to-know
Although this article more addresses those of us with our own EVSE charge devices that we can plug in to 50 amp RV plugs (eg level two and level 3 charging) it is lacking in information on the formats for pedestal equipment like J1772, level 2 and level 3 fast charge and Tesla specific chargers. Having said that I suspect for most campground operators the least amount of capital investment and greatest return on investment would be to simply add an additional metered Nema 14-50 on three or four sites. That and a tap and pay card system to keep things simple or just a simple digital meter read. We can only do level 2, 3.3 KW charging in our smart car but most of the EV's out there now have level 3 capability now. It will be an interesting evolution to watch.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1094708_electric-vehicles-in-rv-campgrounds-what-you-need-to-know
Although this article more addresses those of us with our own EVSE charge devices that we can plug in to 50 amp RV plugs (eg level two and level 3 charging) it is lacking in information on the formats for pedestal equipment like J1772, level 2 and level 3 fast charge and Tesla specific chargers. Having said that I suspect for most campground operators the least amount of capital investment and greatest return on investment would be to simply add an additional metered Nema 14-50 on three or four sites. That and a tap and pay card system to keep things simple or just a simple digital meter read. We can only do level 2, 3.3 KW charging in our smart car but most of the EV's out there now have level 3 capability now. It will be an interesting evolution to watch.
