Bookmans EV Charging Station

[Desert Rat]

Bookmans EV charging station is just one more way Bookmans is making Arizona a greener place to live. For owner, Bob Schlesinger, electric cars are a true passion. He was one of the original owners of the EV1 and was instrumental in bringing EV charging stations to Tucson. Our new station will arrive just in time for the introduction of the exciting new EV, the Nissan Leaf. To learn more about the Nissan Leaf http://nature2energy.com/f26/nissan-...icle-3761.html

The first EV charging Station is located at 1930 E. Grant Rd.
Tucson, AZ, 85719. The Charging station is manufactured by Electric Vehicle EV Charging Station - Hybrid Plug In Charger - Coulomb Technologies, Inc. and a second station is in the works at Bookmans North location at 3733 W. Ina Rd.
Tucson, AZ, 85741

The EV Charging Station is free and any one who brings there Electric vehicle or Electric Bicycle to Bookmans receives a $10 Bookmans gift certificate!

[myocardia]

Dave, that's awesome. I wish Texas weren't 100 years behind the times when it came to that type of thing. I'd love to be able to charge my electric bike at a bookstore. That would most likely get me to a bookstore, instead of buying all of my books from Amazon. BTW, you forgot Bob's last name, Schlesinger. I'd love to meet ol' Bob Schlesinger. He seems like my kind of guy.

[Desert Rat]

Thank you for catching that I forgot Bobs last name, I edit the post. We Tucsonans just know him as Bob from bookmans

I am really excited about all the new charing station we will be having here soon. Can't have electric vehicles with out charging stations. I am really excited about the ones that will be from here to Phoenix.

That will final give EV owners the option of using there vehicle for longer distances. Phoenix will soon have many charging stations as well. This in my opinion is a big step for our nation for the future of electric vehicles. Someones has got to do it first to have other communities follow.

One thing I would like to see is solar powered EV charging stations, don't know if that is doable but with as much sunshine we have here in Arizona it is something I would like to see.

I cant wait for the new Nissan Leaf to get here. Maybe I can go down and do a test drive and do a nice review of the vehicle.

[Desert Rat]

By J.D. Wallace

TUCSON, AZ (KOLD) - A sleek glimpse of the future in downtown Wednesday showed off how electric car technology could soon be our reality.

"I always was very keen on new technology," Eddie Gloyne said as he sat in his electric Tesla roadster.

"This is going to be the standard connector for all of the new cars," said Scott Saffian with Coulomb Technologies as he held up an SAE J1772 plug at the end of the cord coming from a ChargePoint Network station.

The Nissan Leaf is scheduled to hit our streets late next year.

"We have to make sure that the infrastructure is in place to charge those vehicles before the vehicle gets here," said Colleen Crowninshield, Clean Cities manager for Pima Association of Governments.

Providing hundreds of stations could keep charge times down to more like one hour instead of three.

"We expect to see them at malls, at movie theaters, any kind of place where people go to for some group of time, topping off the battery," Safian said.

Current auto industry is also changing. AAA has given three more BrakeMax locations "Green Shop" certification.

"It's safer for the environment, it's safer for the people working with the machine," said store manager Don Allred.

But washing parts and tools with re-filtered water instead of solvent and recycling oil filters and used fluids comes with a price.

"There is definitely an investment in going green," Allred said.

"If you really want something, you've got a passion for something to happen, but you are going to take the risks, and perhaps you are investing in that passion," Gloyne said.

And climbing into the Tesla has been a labor of love.

"So it's not easy to make that investment, but I actually love driving it," Gloyne said.

As many as 500 of the Nissan Leaf could be in the area next year. The charging stations need to start being set up by April or May.

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[Desert Rat]

Oro Valley just North of Tucson will now be adding charging stations as well.

Oro Valley is readying for the installation of electric-vehicle charging stations through the Electric Vehicle Project, or the EV Project.

Four electric-vehicle charging stations will be installed at Town Hall, 11000 N. La Cañada Drive, at no cost to Oro Valley. There, people will be able to charge their vehicles for free.

The charging stations could be installed this month near the Oro Valley library under covered parking, said Bayer Vella, the town's conservation and sustainability manager.

Installing charging stations for electric vehicles falls in line with the town's overall theme of energy-efficiency changes, Vella said.

More than 1,000 solar panels are going in at Town Hall as part of the town's Energy Efficiency and Solar Installation Project.

The solar panels will allow the town to offset 60 percent of its annual electricity costs in all Town Hall buildings south of the Oro Valley library.

The town also has retrofitted or replaced exterior lighting fixtures in town buildings with energy-efficient components, and has done other things to save on energy costs.

The Tucson region could receive as many as 240 charging stations.

The Pima Association of Governments is working with the project manager, San Francisco-based ECOtality, to install the stations just as the Nissan Leaf and other electric cars begin to roll out.

Some 150 sites have already been plotted and looked at to host charging stations, said Colleen Crowninshield, Clean Cities manager with the Pima Association of Governments.

"We want to make sure every jurisdiction gets some infrastructure to support the vehicles," she said.

The charging stations work for all electric vehicles.

The Tucson and Phoenix regions were selected for infrastructure through the EV Project so officials could see how electric car batteries fare in Arizona's weather, Crowninshield said.