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And a few side questions, since - even if you are not yet an EV owner - you (and your complex) are preparing for them. The "envisioned" recharge paradigm of EV
by jaclaz 4y ago
And a few side questions, since - even if you are not yet an EV owner - you (and your complex) are preparing for them.
The "envisioned" recharge paradigm of EV's (right now) is the US self-standing home, with one or two EV's and a "personal" charge point, what will happen in a complex when the EV's exceed the charging points?
What would be the regulations or the expected "chargiquette"?
I mean with ten charging points in a 420 apt complex you can deal (obviously) with 10 EV's "simply", but what will happen when there will be 20?
People will probably use them alternately on odd and even days/nights.
When there will be 70 of them, there will probably groups of ten, one for mondays, one for tuesdaya, etc.
With some good planning, maybe these can be doubled, with "shifts" in the night and in the day.
But there will be the cases of people that make more km's (and thus need more charge time) and as well people needing only a little time to fully charge their vehicle.
Will there be a sort of market (official or unofficial) for time slots?
Will everyone respect their allotted charge date/times?
Knowing how even minor things (a dog barking, a bycicle parked outside the dedicated place, doors slamming, etc.) is often cause of attrition in apartment complexes, I wonder whether there will be some added tensions when the EV's charging will need to be shared.
- ggm 4y agoI think rate of uptake here is behind the US for simple reasons: lack of incentives, lack of structural support and a love affair with a dream of big drive. We also retain cars quite a long time. We have some of the lowest pollution standards in the developed world for sulphur and NO and we are widely expected (and derided) for being the likely dumping ground of future ICE cars. In reality most Australians live in cities and drive less than 200km a week. But, that aside we've had a change of government and low cost EV are peeking round the corner: the BYD atto 3, the MG ZV and the coming VW id4 common chassis. So your problem statements are good but the "slope of the line" to open warfare over charging ports is possibly 5+ years off. I'd like to think the body corporate knows it has to intercept and plan NOW for the capex to meet market demand in future. I suspect they mostly won't and this will become another dynamic alongside "why didn't we put pool heating in" driving arguments.
- jaclaz 4y ago>So your problem statements are good but the "slope of the line" to open warfare over charging ports is possibly 5+ years off. Undoubtedly there is still a few years time, but that's why it is (IMHO) something that needs to be talked about "now", the 5 or so years from now are nearer than they seem.
- ggm 4y agoI think you're right. The struggle is getting people who want to let sleeping dogs lie, to wake up to unavoidable cost and sell them on spend now, to head off the future. The problem is most of them buy "wait 5 years and let others decide the shape of the future"