Curbside EV charging/parking

["William Korthof" <wkorthof@earthlink.net>]

Just a couple days ago, someone posted a comment 
about the "difficulty" of getting cubside EV charging 
installed. The message said that there is only one such 
curbside charging station in the US. 

Well, there are at least two other ones that I'm aware of. 
In the City of Santa Monica, if you go down the 1100 
block of Montana Street, (1101 Montana St, CA 90403) 
you'll find not one, but *two*  chargers (one Magnacharger, 
one Avcon conductive) right at the curb next to two prime 
parallel, streetside parking spaces marked "EV parking only". 

However, seeing as this is the only "curbside" installation 
I'm aware of in the LA area, clearly, the preferred approach is 
with standard "head in" parking spaces.   

(Then again....if you count regular 120 volt outlets, there are 
many thousands of them in downtown areas and shopping 
centers that install x-mas lights to try and boost ambience 
and sales during certain times of the year...if you are satisfied 
getting only 3-10 miles/hour of charge)

/wk