I just got off the phone with the Assistant Director of Engineering of the
Omni Bretton Woods Resort (hotels, condos and Alpine and Nordic ski areas - golf, tennis and horses in summer) by Mount Washington in New Hampshire. He was directed to call me after I left a message about charging infrastructure with the General Manager's assistant. They have previously provided 120V for charging but he was interested in what I had to say about installing real charging infrastructure.
It's about 160 miles north of Boston, mostly uphill, and my last two trips there were in snowstorms, so without proper charging a trip there in my March-delivery Model S would be a challenge. The nearest charger is at a Nissan dealership at least 20 miles further from Boston in Berlin, NH according to recargo.com, and that's about the only charger in the northern half of the state.
We go there to ski regularly (this week will be our third trip this season) and I try will meet him in person tomorrow. I want to sell him on installing a couple of J1772 chargers at the main hotel and a couple more at the ski area base station.
I need help from this forum on a few fronts:
1) What are the selling points you have used with hotels, that you have found most effective?
2) What is the simplest/cheapest option for a hotel? Chargepoint? Others?
3) What information sources would you point him to? I would like to send him an email with links for his education before I meet with him.
Thanks in advance - want to do my part to build out the charging infrastructure, particularly in cold, mountainous New England!