How to Add Value to Parking Facilities with EV Parking and Charging
According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) 2024 Global EV Outlook, electric vehicle (EV) sales in the U.S. are projected to increase by 20% this year. U.S. regulations require more than half of new vehicles sold to be electric by 2030. However, access to public EV chargers in the U.S. remains a challenge—both for current electric vehicle owners and future EV sales.
What does this mean for your parking facility? It’s simple—offering convenient EV parking and charging is a smart way to attract new customers now, prepare for the future, and provide your company with a new revenue source.
Benefits of EV Parking and Charging in Your Parking Lot
How can parking facilities benefit from EV parking and EV charging? There are several ways they can benefit, from attracting and retaining new customers to increasing occupancy, boosting customer satisfaction and loyalty, and boosting revenue.
Attract New Customers (and Keep Them)
Adding EV infrastructure will attract new EV-driving customers to your facility, and it will help you retain them. They can now charge their vehicles while they shop, dine, or go to appointments.
Gain Exposure for Your Facility
Offering EV charging stations puts your parking lot “on the map.” You can now be listed in apps and on websites designed for EV users. This enhances your facility’s appeal and reputation.
Provided Greater Convenience for Existing Customers
They will appreciate the added value of being able to charge their EV at your facility. Also, not everyone with an EV has easy access to a home charger, making this even more valuable.
Fill Up Empty Spaces
Having empty parking spaces costs you potential revenue. EV charging attracts drivers, and they’ll happily pay to stay there, even after the business’s closing time, to get a needed charge.
Generate More Revenue
In addition to standard parking fees, collecting payments for EV charger usage is an added revenue stream for your parking facility. If you wish, you can offer free charging for paying customers.
Promote Sustainability
Enhance your company’s eco-friendly stature with EV charging. For many consumers, it’s important that the companies they support are environmentally aware of their business practices.
Demonstrate Your Future-Readiness
Parking lot owners can show that they’re ready for the future by having modernized EV charging, such as offering EV charging with Superchargers for Tesla drivers. The payment system can be integrated with parking payments, and everything can be done online with charging reservations and digital payments.
The Types of Parking Facilities That Can Benefit
There are many kinds of parking facilities that can see greater customer satisfaction and greater revenues from offering EV infrastructure for electric vehicles. Retail businesses make it more convenient for EV drivers to shop at their stores. Hospitals offer tremendous convenience to patient visitors, people going to appointments, and their staff by providing this service.
Restaurants edge out the competition by offering EV charging to customers while they enjoy a meal. Hotel parking solutions that include EV parking and charging stations make their accommodations more attractive to business travelers as well as those on leisure trips. This is especially true for urban locations that may be difficult to park in, never mind find a nearby charging station!
Discover Top-Tier Parking Lot Management with FC Parking
You’ll see that there are many reasons to invest in EV infrastructure for your parking facility, from customer satisfaction and convenience to encouraging people to park longer and creating a new revenue stream for your business. FC Parking provides high-quality parking management solutions and integrates EV charging stations with our parking access and revenue control software (PARCS) in parking garages, which streamlines the parking & charging process.
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