An Air B-n-B EV Charger-Sharing Plan

Electric Car Charging Could Follow Airbnb Model; Individuals offer their charging stations to the public, to fill gaps in commercial recharging networks

Camille von Kaenel, August 2, 2016 (Scientific American)

“…The lack of charging infrastructure nationwide, especially outside EV-friendly cities, has long bred ‘range anxiety’ and chilled sales of the clean vehicles. Utilities, municipalities, workplaces and startups have all ramped up their investment in the infrastructure to calm fears. But in many places, EV drivers still depend on an unreliable patchwork of outlets at hotels and campgrounds…Increasingly, the sharing economy is filling the void. Private individuals…[are] offering their personal charging stations, mostly for free, near bustling highways or in…[remote places and earned the nickname ‘Airbnb of charging…’ The country now has 13,925 public electric charging stations, or 34,378 outlets, according to the Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center…[The on-line app PlugShare maps out tens of thousands of additional outlets from private residents]…” click here for more

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