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It turns out a good place for "on street" urban chargers is in lamp posts. They already have electrical connections and chargers can be retrofitted easily. For
by Reason077 7y ago
It turns out a good place for "on street" urban chargers is in lamp posts. They already have electrical connections and chargers can be retrofitted easily.
For example: https://www.ubitricity.co.uk https://www.ubitricity.co.uk
- arethuza 7y agoThe last two streets I lived on in central Edinburgh only had lamp posts at one side but parking at both sides. Checking on Google Maps I reckon there is only enough lamp posts to charge 1 in 6 cars on the side of streets that do have them. Good idea though - but I suspect other things will be required as well.
- Reason077 7y agoOne charger can charge many cars. Especially if you designate the parking spots near the posts as reserved for EV charging. Once you have a significant portion/majority of cars on a street being electric, then yes, demand may exceed what can be supplied by the posts. But, at least for the next few years, EVs are still a minority in most cities.