3. Nissan North America’s HQ Solution
18 Level 2
Chargers
under solar
canopy
1 DC Fast
Charger
5 Level 2
Chargers in
parking
garage
4. Nissan EV Business Partner Program
Workplace Charging Initiative
• Establish and sustain relationships with clean
transportation like minded employers to promote EVs
& Nissan LEAF
– Universities, Municipalities &
Fortune 500 companies
• Conduct town halls and Nissan LEAF campus ride and
drives
• Support workplace charging across employer facilities
– Complement an existing plan,
enhance plan or help develop a plan
• Provide employees with preferred
2013 Nissan LEAF pricing
• 5 EV Business Development Managers across the
country carrying out this initiative
5. Workplace Charging Initiative
Employer Personalities
I’ve got an EV Plan!
• % target and forecast of parking
lot dedicated to EV
• Facility policy company-wide to
ensure EV charging at all new
and existing buildings and sites
• Ongoing annual assessment of
#/% of EVs on campus
• Active listening of EV employee
community
• Attracting talent / employee
benefits
• Minimal fee or pledge to ensure
a Good Neighbor Policy
• EV car sharing / shuttle program
6. I better get my campus EV ready.
• Increasing frequency of
emails, phone calls and nasty
messages from EV employee
community
• EV employee community
self-manage itself
• Web of extension cords
• Employees using neighboring
employer charging facilities
• Employees leaving vehicles at
charger limiting others to
utilize charger
Workplace Charging Initiative
Employer Personalities
7. Where do I start?
• EVs are starting to slowly
populate the parking lot
• Does Level 1 suffice?
Should I just put a few
Level 2’s and see what
happens?
• Is there a workplace
charging manual?
• Do I talk to my
neighboring organization
on what they are doing?
Workplace Charging Initiative
Employer Personalities
8. Workplace Charging Initiative
Key Learnings
• Synchronize efforts between
Real estate/Facility/Transportation/Sustainability teams;
develop a cross functional team or assign responsibility to a
group
• Explore needs of EV employee drivers to assess what plan
works best for the campus – scope Level 1, 2 and DC fast
charging options
• Educate on etiquette and a Good Neighbor policy – park at
a charging station only if you need to charge
• Don’t under estimate power of signage
• Do your best not to ignore the EV community on campus
big or small