California B&Bs Help Electric Vehicle Owners Go the Extra Mile with EV Charging Stations
Sacramento, CA [April 21, 2015]--Taking a scenic drive in an electric vehicle up a High Sierra pass, through the redwoods, or along a remote stretch of California coastline is now possible thanks to a growing number of California boutique hotels and bed and breakfast inns that have installed electric vehicle charging stations.
Just last month, Stephanie McCaffrey, the owner of the McCaffrey House Bed & Breakfast Inn, had two electric vehicle charging stations installed at her inn in Twain Harte. They include a Tesla High Power Wall Connector for Tesla Model S owners and a Clipper Creek HCS-40, which charges other all plug-in vehicles including Nissan Leaf, BMW i3, BMW i8, Chevy Volt, Ford Focus Electric, Fiat 500e, Volkswagen e-Golf, Ford C-Max, and Ford Fusion Energi.
“We’re the only charging station on the Highway 108 corridor,” says McCaffrey. “We’ve already had drivers stop by to charge up, and our first overnight guest with a Tesla is coming up within a couple weeks. We’re very excited.”
The McCaffery House Bed & Breakfast Inn joins 17 other California Association of Boutique and Breakfast Inns (CABBI) member inns in far-flung towns across the state with electric vehicle charging stations. At all of the inns, charging is free to guests staying overnight or dining at the respective inn; non-guests are typically charged a nominal fee of $3 to $5.
Other CABBI-member inns with electric vehicle charging stations in the Sierras include Dunbar House, 1880 in Murphys near State Route 4 leading up to the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway and Groveland Hotel off of Highway 120 on the way to Yosemite National Park.
In the Central Valley, the Inn at Locke House in Lodi off of State Route 88 (the Carson Pass Highway) has a Tesla charging station.
In Sonoma’s wine country, there are four inns with charging stations: Case Ranch Inn, Farmhouse Inn, Gables Wine Country Inn and Inn at Occidental.
The Inn on Randolph in downtown Napa also has charging stations.
In the rural town of Upper Lake in Lake County, the historic Tallman Hotel was one of the first inns in the state to install an electric vehicle charging station.
Heading up the Mendocino Coast along Highway 1, Sea Ranch Lodge, Brewery Gulch Inn and Stanford Inn by the Sea all have charging stations.
On the redwood coast, in the Victorian village of Ferndale, the Victorian Inn has a Tesla charging station to fuel drives through Avenue of the Giants.
South of the legendary Highway 1 drive along the Big Sur coastline, there are two inns in Cambria with charging stations: El Colibri Boutique Hotel & Spa and Blue Dolphin Inn. Just a little further south in Cayucos, On the Beach Bed & Breakfast offers two Tesla High Power Wall Connectors and one Clipper Creek charger.
In Santa Barbara wine country, the Santa Ynez Inn also now offers a Tesla charging station.
For a map of CABBI-member inns along California’s electric vehicle trail, visit: http://tinyurl.com/oz3psln. More information about each of the inns listed above is available at https://www.CABBI.com.
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