Spawned by a bunch of thoughts, reflections, and a few articles on Hydrogen cars, I was pondering if a case could be made for an EV rental business with an experience center.
There are a few properties I'm looking at. One in particular is in "prime area" not too far off the highway, and close to a Casino, Racetrack, and plenty of shopping. I was thinking of setting up an experience center inside with charging stations, demonstrations of how an EV works, plugging in an EV, the differences among different fuel sources, and statistics on production EVs, including history. Outside, I would have level 2 stations serving every parking spot (not a very big parking lot :lol: ), with a CHAdeMO quick charger or two and maybe an SAE Combo (to serve the BMW i3's of the area), all for public access.
As for the rental side, have a few i-MiEVs, a few LEAFs, and a Volt or two to start out, renting cars out for a few days up to a week each.
For the Tesla folks coming in from out of town, leave your car on charge and borrow one of the i-MiEVs to go shopping or to the casino while your car charges. Though with Superchargers 30 miles west, 60 miles east and 40 miles north, I doubt this would happen much. Still, the option would be there.
If things go well, start selling EVs.
I would appreciate your thoughts on this. With some backing of local EV advocates and owners, this could be a possibility. But for now, it's just another one of my wild ideas :ugeek: .
There are a few properties I'm looking at. One in particular is in "prime area" not too far off the highway, and close to a Casino, Racetrack, and plenty of shopping. I was thinking of setting up an experience center inside with charging stations, demonstrations of how an EV works, plugging in an EV, the differences among different fuel sources, and statistics on production EVs, including history. Outside, I would have level 2 stations serving every parking spot (not a very big parking lot :lol: ), with a CHAdeMO quick charger or two and maybe an SAE Combo (to serve the BMW i3's of the area), all for public access.
As for the rental side, have a few i-MiEVs, a few LEAFs, and a Volt or two to start out, renting cars out for a few days up to a week each.
For the Tesla folks coming in from out of town, leave your car on charge and borrow one of the i-MiEVs to go shopping or to the casino while your car charges. Though with Superchargers 30 miles west, 60 miles east and 40 miles north, I doubt this would happen much. Still, the option would be there.
If things go well, start selling EVs.
I would appreciate your thoughts on this. With some backing of local EV advocates and owners, this could be a possibility. But for now, it's just another one of my wild ideas :ugeek: .