Douglas Firs
Member
I know we are not the only people to have this predicament, but it's surprisingly tough to find people's real world experiences:
We bought a house with no garage and no driveway and no ability to put either of those in. We want to install a curbside charging station, but it would have to go on the public right of way, i.e. grass between the sidewalk and the road. We are moving to Portland, which is apparently a very progressive city for promoting EV use, but they currently do not have written guidelines on permitting for this type of project. I've spoken with two electricians (waiting to hear back from two more), but they said they hadn't done this kind of project before and couldn't offer guidance. We've put in two calls to the city, but we don't expect to hear back from them soon, given the world we live in.
Has anyone out there been successful in doing this? What was the process like with your city? How long did it take? Did you face any significant set backs?
Also: what charging station did you use? Did you have a pedestal? We were salivating over this retractable station developed by a company in Britain, but alas it's in pilot stage. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/urb...-trial-of-on-street-pop-up-charging-stations/
We bought a house with no garage and no driveway and no ability to put either of those in. We want to install a curbside charging station, but it would have to go on the public right of way, i.e. grass between the sidewalk and the road. We are moving to Portland, which is apparently a very progressive city for promoting EV use, but they currently do not have written guidelines on permitting for this type of project. I've spoken with two electricians (waiting to hear back from two more), but they said they hadn't done this kind of project before and couldn't offer guidance. We've put in two calls to the city, but we don't expect to hear back from them soon, given the world we live in.
Has anyone out there been successful in doing this? What was the process like with your city? How long did it take? Did you face any significant set backs?
Also: what charging station did you use? Did you have a pedestal? We were salivating over this retractable station developed by a company in Britain, but alas it's in pilot stage. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/urb...-trial-of-on-street-pop-up-charging-stations/