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I've used street light charging for a few years now in zone 2 in London. Works great.

M2Ys4U 6y ago
I've never seen street light charging anywhere in Manchester - in fact the lack of on-street charging points is why I bought a hybrid rather than a EV. Admittedly that was almost 3 years ago, but I still wouldn't have anywhere to charge it at home...
- jasoncartwright 6y ago
  Provision differs by local authority, but there are some areas of London where they appear to have put a plug on almost every streetlight. https://ibb.co/GPH8wym https://ibb.co/GPH8wym https://www.zap-map.com/live/ https://www.zap-map.com/live/
  - xxpor 6y ago
    Are they typical 15 or 20 amp circuits? (whatever the typical circuit is in the UK) 15 amps at 230v won't charge very quickly.
    - jasoncartwright 6y ago
      It's 20amp & says it's 5kW (but might be 4.8?). More than enough to charge a car overnight.
  - hamandcheese 6y ago
    I’m assuming that there are still far more cars than there are streetlights. It might work, but god does it sound stressful never knowing if you’ll get lucky and find a streetlight parking spot.
    - jasoncartwright 6y ago
      They cluster them in at least 3's. If the three by my house are completely blocked (the cable is almost as long as the car), in use, or broken (one was kicked in recently, now fixed) and I desperately need a charge (which has only happened once) there are at 10-15 more within 5 or so minutes walk. Ubitricity has shown a concept where they have smaller extender posts off the lamp posts, which I guess they'll be able to install if an area gets really busy.
  - M2Ys4U 6y ago
    >Provision differs by local authority Absolutely. I think there are more on-street charging stations in that neighbourhood than there are in my entire city...
NeutronStar 6y ago
Yeah, just wait till the mass has to use it too instead of 2% of the people. No issue there...
forest_dweller 6y ago
Not everywhere in the UK is London.
- jasoncartwright 6y ago
  "The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed"
  - forest_dweller 6y ago
    If the future looks like London. I don't want to go there.
    - jasoncartwright 6y ago
      The quote is from William Gibson and was about technological development being different based on wealth and location. You seem to have hijacked my point with something that's bothering you though :(
      - forest_dweller 6y ago
        There is this attitude from those in cities that us outside of it eat mud and bang sticks together like primates. I frequently am seen as uneducated because I have a west country accent.

I've never seen street light charging anywhere in Manchester - in fact the lack of on-street charging points is why I bought a hybrid rather than a EV. Admittedly that was almost 3 years ago, but I still wouldn't have anywhere to charge it at home...

jasoncartwright 6y ago
Provision differs by local authority, but there are some areas of London where they appear to have put a plug on almost every streetlight. https://ibb.co/GPH8wym https://ibb.co/GPH8wym https://www.zap-map.com/live/ https://www.zap-map.com/live/
- xxpor 6y ago
  Are they typical 15 or 20 amp circuits? (whatever the typical circuit is in the UK) 15 amps at 230v won't charge very quickly.
  - jasoncartwright 6y ago
    It's 20amp & says it's 5kW (but might be 4.8?). More than enough to charge a car overnight.
- hamandcheese 6y ago
  I’m assuming that there are still far more cars than there are streetlights. It might work, but god does it sound stressful never knowing if you’ll get lucky and find a streetlight parking spot.
  - jasoncartwright 6y ago
    They cluster them in at least 3's. If the three by my house are completely blocked (the cable is almost as long as the car), in use, or broken (one was kicked in recently, now fixed) and I desperately need a charge (which has only happened once) there are at 10-15 more within 5 or so minutes walk. Ubitricity has shown a concept where they have smaller extender posts off the lamp posts, which I guess they'll be able to install if an area gets really busy.
- M2Ys4U 6y ago
  >Provision differs by local authority Absolutely. I think there are more on-street charging stations in that neighbourhood than there are in my entire city...

NeutronStar 6y ago

Yeah, just wait till the mass has to use it too instead of 2% of the people. No issue there...

forest_dweller 6y ago

Not everywhere in the UK is London.

jasoncartwright 6y ago
"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed"
- forest_dweller 6y ago
  If the future looks like London. I don't want to go there.
  - jasoncartwright 6y ago
    The quote is from William Gibson and was about technological development being different based on wealth and location. You seem to have hijacked my point with something that's bothering you though :(
    - forest_dweller 6y ago
      There is this attitude from those in cities that us outside of it eat mud and bang sticks together like primates. I frequently am seen as uneducated because I have a west country accent.