Vehicle Sharing
In Fall 2017, Ole and Maitri acquired a second-hand all-electric Nissan 2013 Leaf and have made it available for informal sharing. In January, 2020, Kailash Ecovillage received a grant from Portland General Electric’s Drive Change Fund to set up a formal community vehicle sharing program with one newly acquired electric vehicle. Funds from this grant were used to acquire a 2017 Chevy Bolt EV as well as a commercial networked Sema 6 charging station. Our goal was to set up a community car sharing program using Getaround. Unfortunately, it turned out Getaround only allows Tesla EVs.
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In Fall 2020 we set up our own program using commercial insurance and our own scheduling and maintenance program.
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As of Summer 2020, the community shares three all-electric vehicles.
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We also added an additional EV charger and four reserved parking spaces just off the street to park our two community EVs and allow neighbors to charge their EVs as well.
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The bike team also maintains a shared bike and trailer for community use. We encourage other residents to join us in sharing their vehicles.
