jeannie lam, nissan north america

Nissan EV Business Partner Program

Workplace Charging Initiative

Jeannie LamEV Business Development Manager

EV Roadmap 6July 30, 2013

Nissan EV Infrastructure Areas of Focus

Home Work Public

Nissan North America’s HQ Solution

18 Level 2 Chargers

under solar canopy

1 DC Fast Charger

5 Level 2 Chargers in

parking garage

Nissan EV Business Partner ProgramWorkplace 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

Workplace Charging InitiativeEmployer 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

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 InitiativeEmployer Personalities

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 InitiativeEmployer Personalities

Workplace Charging InitiativeKey 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

Workplace Charging InitiativeWhat’s Next?

Nissan EV Business Partner Program

Questions?