EV Charging for Workplaces

The owners of a property on which a charging station is to be installed should, in order to ensure that the project is both successful and economical, take into account the anticipated volume of customer traffic and the potential advantages that electric vehicle (EV) drivers will derive from being able to charge their vehicles while parked there. Knowing that a resident, employee, or frequent customer has an electric vehicle and wants to charge it at your site is the greatest approach to guarantee that your charging station is utilized. This information may be obtained by asking about.

1. Learn what makes a “sweet spot” location, places where EV users will want and need to charge their cars, in the EVSE Cluster Analysis Study [PDF].
2. Consult the New York State EV Registration Map to understand how many EV drivers live near you.

Because there are various different types of charging stations, such as Level 1, Level 2, and DC Fast Charging, the one that you choose will rely on a number of different circumstances. Level 1 charging stations are the most common. These include anticipated use cases from customers, financial concerns, and site design factors. The good news is that as a site host, you have a variety of alternatives to choose from when it comes to installing charging stations, and NYSERDA is here to help you with information and resources.

Yes, it is legal for you to charge individuals for using your station; however, the majority of station owners opt to provide free charging as an added perk or advantage for their customers. A good illustration of this would be an employer who provides free charging stations for its staff as well as its consumers. If you do decide to charge a fee for people to use your service, there are a number of considerations you'll need to make in order to figure out which model would serve your needs the most effective.

The venue will determine how much you will be charged for using their space. Your choice will be influenced in some way by the environment in which it is being carried out. It is possible that customers in certain regions of New York State, particularly in the state's larger cities, will be willing to pay an additional fee on a consistent basis for electric vehicle (EV) charging at parking garages that also charge for parking. This is particularly true in areas where residents do not have the capability to charge their vehicles at their own homes.

The fees for usage are variable depending on the intended use of the site installation. The possibility to produce a return on investment from the charging station does not just come in the form of the profit that is generated by the station itself. Charging stations might bring in electric vehicle drivers who end up patronizing your company, keeping valuable employees on staff, or providing a sense of your company's environmental stewardship, which might help attract electric vehicle drivers as well as residents, employees, or customers who do not use electric vehicles.

Describes how the process of charging for usage is carried out. The proprietors of the stations have the option of instituting fees for usage on a per-hour, per-session, or per-unit of power basis.

• If you charge by the hour, there is a defined fee for every car, regardless of whether it is charging at the time or not. Since various vehicles receive power at different rates, the cost of energy may vary significantly depending on the charging session that is being used.
• Per Session: This pricing model is often better suitable for charging stations in the office or charging stations that have extremely brief sessions on a frequent basis.
• Kilowatt-hours, or kWh, are the most common units of measurement for energy. This appropriately accounts for the exact cost of power for the owner of the charging station, but it does not provide an incentive for a vehicle that is fully charged to leave the area after it has finished charging.

Some site proprietors have experimented with mixtures of these methods, such as charging a set charge for the first two hours of a session and then raising the rate for longer sessions. Free charging may be offered at certain sites since the owners of such locations would rather keep their running costs down than join a network of charging stations.