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Boeing installs electric vehicle chargers in 4 states

Summary: Deployment was made at the request of the aircraft company's employees in the affected locations.

Heather Clancy

By for GreenTech Pastures |

Aircraft and aerospace technology company Boeing has teamed up with Coulomb Technologies to make electric vehicle charging infrastructure at four campuses.

The locations getting the technology are Bellevue, Wash.; Portland, Ore.; El Segundo, Calif.; and Mesa, Ariz.

The program is being described as a pilot test of the technologies, which were being requested by employees in these locations. The Boeing Utilities Services & Conservation Group will take charge of running the test, using the ChargePoint cloud application for monitoring, so that usage can be tracked closely before a decision is made about broader, more formal deployments. The company worked with Charge Northwest, an electric vehicle technology consulting firm, to install the systems.

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  • hmm

    I wonder how they are dealing with providing a benefit to employee's that have electric cars (ie fuel) but aren't for employees with gas powered cars.
    TGGR
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    • Re: hmm

      Boeing does give benefits to drivers with gas powered vehicles. They give out free bus passes, and they pay for vanpools. The amount they par for a vanpool or a bus pass for a month would be enough to buy my electricity for ALL of my driving for 2 to 3 months! Also, Boeing is installing ChargePoint chargers which gives them the option to charge for the electricity. At 10 cents/kWh, driving an electric car is about 10 times cheaper than driving a gas car, so electric car drivers won't mind paying the $5 or $10 a month for charging.
      LeafDriver
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      • hmmm

        There is a slight difference between driving your own car and riding the bus or van pool, also I bet the electric car drivers are eligible for that benefit as well.. My point is, they are giving an extra benefit to select employees and I bet they get sued. Now if they give all employees 5-10 a month for fuel and that's all it costs for a electric charge per month then that would be fair benefits.
        TGGR
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      • Re: hmm

        I just found out that the Boeing facility in Bellevue charges $1/hour to charge. That means that a Leaf owner is paying $1 for about $0.15 or $0.20 worth of electricity. Boeing has electricity, so why not allow them to sell it and make a profit?
        LeafDriver
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