I’m an entrepreneur based in LA and recently moved from a house with a Tesla charger to an apartment in WeHo without a charging station.
I’ve realized there’s a large gap for fast charging in the West LA area. There’s only one Supercharger in WeHo (plans to build a second but unclear on timeline).
I’m curious what the viability is to set up a new fast charging station. I’m still in the research phase (talking EV Box to get a better understanding of startup costs etc) but curious if anyone here has first hand experience.
This area is very underserved - many apartments tons of Tesla & EVs.
what kind of neighborhood - houses or apartments (residential)
where do people shop?
if there’s a lot of EVs with street parking,… they need to go to the store.
how big of an area are you talking about - ~100 square blocks?
is that an area where people are going to run out of charge in the first place?
it’s in the middle of a metro area, not the Mojave.
what chargers are GOING to be installed?
what business are in the area. what businesses could benefit from additional foot traffic that’s “forced” to hang out for 30 minutes?
are all the other chargers in the area continually in use… hard to charge?
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