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On charging infrastructure, here where I live in London, a lot of the light poles now have EV charging points. They are very subtle: just a blue LED, a small b
by stevesimmons 7y ago
On charging infrastructure, here where I live in London, a lot of the light poles now have EV charging points. They are very subtle: just a blue LED, a small black charger cover and a small Siemens logo. Everything else is inside the preexisting pole (diameter about 4 inches).
I would never have thought of doing this. But once you've seen it, it's an obvious cheap, quick and non-intrusive solution.
- zizee 7y agoYes, that sounds like a nice/simple/clever solution. Parking meters could also a good option for this sort of fit out. The other obvious option is paying an extra fee at multi level car parks. The thing I really want governments to mandate is for new apartment buildings with underground carparks to be built with provisions in place to move it way to get charging to a apartments reserved spot. With a bit of forward planning, a lot of money/effort will saved.
- greglindahl 7y ago... some places already mandate that that new construction has to have EV charging. Palo Alto is one example.
- r00fus 7y agoIs this the one deployed? https://evannex.com/blogs/news/lamp-post-charging-is-coming-to-london https://evannex.com/blogs/news/lamp-post-charging-is-coming-...
- fxmc 7y agoThese seem to be the ones deployed by Siemens: https://www.electrive.com/2018/08/16/london-siemens-ubitricity-to-deliver-lamppost-ev-charging/ https://www.electrive.com/2018/08/16/london-siemens-ubitrici...