Tesla Motors Club
Hi everyone,
I am planning to order a M3 by the end of the year (could be as soon as this month). I live in an apartment building with no other EVs in the lot, so I'm not sure if this has been brought to management yet. Anyway, I want to go to them with some kind of proposal, numbers, anything really to back up asking for them to put in at least a 110v outlet for daily charging. My commute is only about 30 miles round trip, so I feel like going for a Chargepoint or a 240v might be overkill. But, it will be parked outside 24/7, so maybe a 240v would be better for the winter months when it gets cold enough outside.
I have JCP&L as power in my apartment, I looked up my billing history and took the average over the past year, it comes out to be about $.068 per KWH (Divided total monthly KWH by bill $). I am worried they are going to want a ridiculous amount of money for a seemingly small amount, if that happens I want to be able to say, 'no, the numbers say x, it shouldn't be y' kind of deal. Do you think showing them my electric bills would enough to accomplish this? I am going to test drive a vehicle this weekend, I plan to ask them the same thing to help back me up when I go to management.
If getting an outlet put it doesn't work out, my town offers many free chargers throughout the parking garages, a broken destination charger (hopefully to be fixed soon), and a few superchargers nearby.
Any input would be appreciated, thanks!
I am planning to order a M3 by the end of the year (could be as soon as this month). I live in an apartment building with no other EVs in the lot, so I'm not sure if this has been brought to management yet. Anyway, I want to go to them with some kind of proposal, numbers, anything really to back up asking for them to put in at least a 110v outlet for daily charging. My commute is only about 30 miles round trip, so I feel like going for a Chargepoint or a 240v might be overkill. But, it will be parked outside 24/7, so maybe a 240v would be better for the winter months when it gets cold enough outside.
I have JCP&L as power in my apartment, I looked up my billing history and took the average over the past year, it comes out to be about $.068 per KWH (Divided total monthly KWH by bill $). I am worried they are going to want a ridiculous amount of money for a seemingly small amount, if that happens I want to be able to say, 'no, the numbers say x, it shouldn't be y' kind of deal. Do you think showing them my electric bills would enough to accomplish this? I am going to test drive a vehicle this weekend, I plan to ask them the same thing to help back me up when I go to management.
If getting an outlet put it doesn't work out, my town offers many free chargers throughout the parking garages, a broken destination charger (hopefully to be fixed soon), and a few superchargers nearby.
Any input would be appreciated, thanks!