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Suppose one company has built charging stations in city A but not in city B and a different company has built charging stations in city B but not in city A and

by tzs 3y ago

Suppose one company has built charging stations in city A but not in city B and a different company has built charging stations in city B but not in city A and new stations need to be built between the two cities. If neither company wants to build the stations, what happens? Does government build them? Offer subsidies to entice the companies to build them? Make building them a condition of approving permits for other stations that the companies do want to build?

clouddrover 3y ago
Company C will build them. Europe standardized on CCS chargers and CCS type 2 combo plugs quite a while ago. All brands of charger on all charging networks charge all brands of EV. Standardization drives investment and development for infrastructure.
- tzs 3y ago
  If that were generally the case there would be no need for them to legislate that there must be fast chargers every 60 km. So what happens when no company actually wants to build chargers in a place where the legislation requires chargers?
  - clouddrover 3y ago
    > If that were generally the case there would be no need for them to legislate that there must be fast chargers every 60 km. It's still early days for EV infrastructure, even in Europe. They're setting the direction. > So what happens when no company actually wants to build chargers in a place where the legislation requires chargers? They aren't specifying particular locations, just maximum spacing. Member states can incentivize deployment however they like. And there are deployment exemptions available for exceptional cases where there just isn't going to be the traffic: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230327IPR78504/fit-for-55-deal-on-charging-and-fuelling-stations-for-alternative-fuels https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230327IP... A lot of it will be as simple as adding more chargers to existing fuel stations along those routes. Circle K, Shell, BP, etc. have been doing that for years.

by tzs 3y ago

clouddrover 3y ago

Company C will build them. Europe standardized on CCS chargers and CCS type 2 combo plugs quite a while ago. All brands of charger on all charging networks charge all brands of EV. Standardization drives investment and development for infrastructure.

tzs 3y ago
If that were generally the case there would be no need for them to legislate that there must be fast chargers every 60 km. So what happens when no company actually wants to build chargers in a place where the legislation requires chargers?
- clouddrover 3y ago
  > If that were generally the case there would be no need for them to legislate that there must be fast chargers every 60 km. It's still early days for EV infrastructure, even in Europe. They're setting the direction. > So what happens when no company actually wants to build chargers in a place where the legislation requires chargers? They aren't specifying particular locations, just maximum spacing. Member states can incentivize deployment however they like. And there are deployment exemptions available for exceptional cases where there just isn't going to be the traffic: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230327IPR78504/fit-for-55-deal-on-charging-and-fuelling-stations-for-alternative-fuels https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230327IP... A lot of it will be as simple as adding more chargers to existing fuel stations along those routes. Circle K, Shell, BP, etc. have been doing that for years.