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Your explanation doesn't make sense to me. How many watts does a non-LED light consume vs charging an EV? A good sized light is probably less than 500 watts.
by nas 8y ago
Your explanation doesn't make sense to me. How many watts does a non-LED light consume vs charging an EV? A good sized light is probably less than 500 watts. To charge an EV you need thousands of watts. The street lights must have been wired with a massively over-designed electrical conductor (and upstream infrastructure) or there would be no way to charge EVs in any kind of density. Based on the power draw of EVs, I don't see how it can work without putting in new cabling.
- umeshunni 8y agoYou can charge an EV with 1kW (i.e. 110V x 10A) - that's how I charge my Tesla daily. Given that this is in the UK, they probably have 220V and 13A delivered to each outlet - that's 2.8kW.
- jasoncartwright 8y agoThis. I get more than enough juice out of an Ubitricity socket for an overnight charge. Here is a screenshot of the Tesla app showing the car charging on an Ubitricity plug.... https://imgur.com/a/TykEMSa https://imgur.com/a/TykEMSa Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKaEhBjt1ls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKaEhBjt1ls, from Fully Charged. Video features a council official (who own the lights) and Ubitricity CEO.
- m463 8y agoI would assume several traffic lights compose a string, and not every traffic light has an EV.