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$16,000 spent to build electric car charging stations at library that were used 13 times in 15 months
It’s supposed to be an Iowa truism that “If you build it, they will come.” But that hasn’t happened yet at an electric vehicle charging station in northwest Des Moines.
About $16,000 was spent to install three ChargePoint units at the environmentally friendly Franklin Avenue Public Library, using a mix of city and state funding and library foundation money. Since the charging units became fully operational in the spring of 2012, they have been plugged into electric cars only 13 times — generating a dollar of revenue with each use.
stimulus or something
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130826/NEWS/308260034/1097/SPORTS0204/?odyssey=nav|head
$16,000 spent to build electric car charging stations at library that were used 13 times in 15 months
It’s supposed to be an Iowa truism that “If you build it, they will come.” But that hasn’t happened yet at an electric vehicle charging station in northwest Des Moines.
About $16,000 was spent to install three ChargePoint units at the environmentally friendly Franklin Avenue Public Library, using a mix of city and state funding and library foundation money. Since the charging units became fully operational in the spring of 2012, they have been plugged into electric cars only 13 times — generating a dollar of revenue with each use.
stimulus or something
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130826/NEWS/308260034/1097/SPORTS0204/?odyssey=nav|head