Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: more on EV charging stations from River Song

[Philip Semanchuk (philip]

> On Jan 24, 2022, at 8:30 AM, Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
> 
> On 1/23/22 Philip Semanchuk <philip [at] semanchuk.com> wrote
> 
>> For context, we're retrofitting our 46-household coho
>> (about 70 vehicles) with EVSEs, and we think we'll be comfortable with
>> just two charging stations for 5-10 years, maybe longer.
> 
> This is at Pacifica Cohousing, Carrboro, North Carolina.
> Also EVSE = electric vehicle supply equipment
> 
> Philip, thanks for your post. I have not read this thread closely or
> studied EVSE much but have a simple question.
> 
> How easy is it to share a charging station?  That is, can multiple
> vehicles be connected to charge sequentially without manual
> intervention?

Manual intervention is required to move the charger’s plug from one vehicle to 
another. In this way it’s akin to a gas pump. 

Nearly all level 2 and certainly all level 3 charging stations are shared. 

Cheers
P