Saturday, November 08, 2014

Charge it at IKEA


Here we are with the shopping carts outside the IKEA in San Diego where we spotted an Electric Vehicle Charging Station. Don't know if it is for customers and you just plug your bug in while you're shopping or what, but this was a first for us. IKEA also has a huge array of solar panels on the roof and the Swedes claim they'll produce more power than they use by 2020.
We learned:
"IKEA San Diego has three electric vehicle charging stations operational in the parking lot near the entrance to the store, available to any EV driver with a Blink Incard. This initiative by IKEA is part of its partnership with CarCharging, the largest owner and operator of EV Charging infrastructure with 13,500+ charging stations in 35 states and two countries in its portfolio, and is consistent with our global commitment to the sustainable transport of people."
This pedestrian bridge is at the summit on a hill on I-15 entering San Diego. When traffic moves,
it moves, when it doesn't, it doesn't. We're timing things pretty good.