{"id":672,"date":"2013-07-13T14:13:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T21:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/?p=672"},"modified":"2013-07-13T14:13:37","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T21:13:37","slug":"follow-up-to-the-city-of-industry-metrolink-charging-stations-and-uncovering-a-hidden-ev-benefit-for-a-select-few","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/other-electric-cars\/follow-up-to-the-city-of-industry-metrolink-charging-stations-and-uncovering-a-hidden-ev-benefit-for-a-select-few\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow up to the City of Industry Metrolink charging stations, and uncovering a hidden EV benefit for a select few."},"content":{"rendered":"

So, it would seem that the 32 charging stations at the City of Industry Metrolink station is a great benefit for some Metrolink commuters around the City of Industry.<\/p>\n

Sure, the station is closed on the weekends (from 7:30 pm Friday until approximately 5:00am Monday) which is a schedule that I have found to be irksome<\/a>. \u00a0But apparently, after digging through some articles and being made aware of a program by Puente Hills Nissan’s Internet Sales Director specifically geared for Metrolink commuters of that same station. \u00a0The City of Industry and Metrolink are looking to support some folks into switching their vehicles to some Nissan Leafs.<\/p>\n

A parking lot of EV chargers on a late Friday afternoon (closes at 7:30 pm)<\/p>\n

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These chargers were announced (and looked to be available) about a year ago as evidenced by a couple of articles on altenerg.com<\/a>\u00a0from last year as well as a related article on the local paper, San Gabriel Valley Tribune<\/a>. \u00a0It’s a rather impressive PV installation and the Accidentally Environmental in me commends them on it. \u00a0However, what really is striking is the incentive that Metrolink and the City of Industry has done since installing the PVs last year.<\/p>\n

What is the incentive? \u00a0An additional subsidy on top of the Federal and California rebates directly available to 28 commuters (initially) from the City of Industry station. \u00a0Additionally, these 28 commuters will receive RESERVED parking at the station (the EV chargers will then be charging each of their Leafs whilst they commute onward in the Metrolink Trains. \u00a0The article from the San Gabriel Valley Tribune does a better job than I in writing this subsidy<\/a>. \u00a0Additionally, the direct program information can be found at their website\u00a0http:\/\/www.industryev.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the financial aspects of the program, this is what I gleamed. \u00a0There is an initial purchase rebate for $2,000 toward the initial capital reduction of the lease PLUS $125 a month for 24 months off the lease price for a Nissan Leaf from three participating dealers (so if you use the station to commute to Los Angeles for 24 months, you get $3,000 over the whole 24 months as Metrolink and the City of Industry will pay for a good chunk of your lease.) \u00a0This is a total $5,000 savings in addition to the Federal and State incentives (if you lease for 3 years.) \u00a0I suggest that those that travel to Los Angeles from the City of Industry apply for this program and join the rEVolution! \u00a0(I did not factor in the approximately $220 per month price for a monthly pass from the City of Industry to Los Angeles that an eligible commuter is ALREADY PAYING FOR as that is still required to participate in this program.)<\/p>\n

If you are eligible for this program, I can tell you that in my experience – AVOID\u00a0Puente Hills Nissan<\/strong>. \u00a0Their pricing and tactics more than make up for this $125 difference and you’re better off trying to get the vehicle elsewhere. \u00a0I went to Puente Hills Nissan under the AAA (American Automobile Association) program and found their prices to be grossly inflated compared to others that participate in the AAA program. \u00a0Additionally, the gentleman that I worked with (the Assistant Internet Director) was constrained by “dealership policy” into including a $1,995 “”Multi-Shield Protection Package”” that is NOT optional for vehicles obtained at this dealership (oh, I was lucky, as an AAA member, I got a discount off this unnecessary ad-on that dropped the price to $1,495.) \u00a0Even if they did not add this “Multi-Shield Protection Package”, their pricing would have still been over $2,000 for the car. \u00a0Guess what, this option DOES eat into whatever savings you would have had with this rebate by getting a Leaf from any other location. \u00a0There are two other dealerships listed for this Metrolink program and I have no experience with either of them (Empire Nissan and Fontana Nissan)<\/a>. \u00a0Since we were not eligible for this program,\u00a0we did get a deal from Nissan of Duarte that was approximately $4,000 less than the aforementioned dealer with less attitude. \u00a0Additionally, looking through the eligibility for the program, it looks like an individual CAN choose a different dealership and the program will reimburse the $2,000 down-payment that they would have provided to the three dealerships.<\/p>\n

Now, if only Metrolink and the City of Industry would leave the parking lot available to the EV community over the weekend for those that need a Level 2 charge when the trains are not running. \u00a0Luckily the Diamond Bar SCAQMD is open, but that’s up a hill and further from the freeway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, it would seem that the 32 charging stations at the City of Industry Metrolink station is a great benefit for some Metrolink commuters around the City of Industry. Sure, the station is closed on the weekends (from 7:30 pm Friday until approximately 5:00am Monday) which is a schedule that I have found to be … Continue reading Follow up to the City of Industry Metrolink charging stations, and uncovering a hidden EV benefit for a select few.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[89,127,207,274,316,434,444,461,506,567,571,625,627],"class_list":["post-672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-electric-cars","category-public-charging-station","tag-aerovironment","tag-avoid-puente-hills-nissan","tag-city-of-industry","tag-dont-buy-from-puente-hills-nissan","tag-ev-incentives","tag-industryev-com","tag-j1772","tag-leaf","tag-metrolink-station","tag-nissan","tag-nissan-of-duarte","tag-public-charging","tag-puente-hills-nissan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}