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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The EV Charging Station Playbook: A Small Business Owner's Guide to Planning, Permitting, and Installing EV Charging Stations

The EV Charging Station Playbook: A Small Business Owner's Guide to Planning, Permitting, and Installing EV Charging Stations

Schimka, Randy

Paperback

Business GeneralReal EstateTechnology & Engineering

ISBN13: 9798190424652
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 2 2026
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Thinking about adding EV charging to your property? Here's what nobody tells you before you start.
Every year, more property owners - and more third-party charging companies looking to lease space - face the same questions: should we install EV charging stations, and if so, how? The answer usually starts with good intentions and ends with a maze of utility calls, permitting delays, and contractor quotes that don't quite add up.

The EV Charging Station Playbook is a practical, start-to-finish guide written specifically for small business and property owners - not utility engineers, not fleet operators, and not people who already run charging networks. Drawing on real-world experience planning, permitting, and installing commercial charging infrastructure, this book walks you through every stage of the process, whether you'll own the chargers yourself or lease your site to a third-party operator:

  • Whether your site is actually a good fit for charging - including nearby amenities, traffic corridors, and realistic usage estimates
  • How to talk to your utility the right way - and avoid the mistakes that blow up budgets and timelines
  • Building a realistic budget, understanding tax treatment, and financing the upfront cost of incentive-funded projects
  • Choosing hardware and a contractor without getting oversold - including how to actually vet a contractor's track record
  • Navigating electrical code, ADA requirements, and permitting without losing your mind
  • What construction actually looks like, week by week - and what you can do to keep it on schedule
  • Setting realistic revenue expectations, pricing, security, and marketing once your stations are live
Complete with a contractor questions checklist, a construction compliance checklist, a glossary, and a guide to finding incentive programs, this book is the resource you wish someone had handed you before you started.

If you're serious about adding EV charging to your property - and want to avoid expensive surprises - this is where to start.

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