KevinSharpe
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yes... when the charger has been busy with customers or at the end of the business day.Herm said:Have any UK dealers ever turned down any Leafers looking for a charge?
yes... when the charger has been busy with customers or at the end of the business day.Herm said:Have any UK dealers ever turned down any Leafers looking for a charge?
KevinSharpe said:that's very true... here's a rough map of our proposed Fast Charge network;Herm said:in places like England very possible to do it with a small QC network, its not a big island.
http://www.leaftalk.co.uk/showthrea...r-quick-chargers?p=11848&viewfull=1#post11848
The EV community proposes to finance and own this network... we will deploy both CHAdeMO and Mennekes (AC) at every location and Tesla DC at a few.... we are tired of the lacklustre government attempts to deploy a network and commercial entities who fail to deliver what we want or need.
ElizaBeet said:Check out the map below to see a view of the commitment of Europe to DC charging, as compared with the US.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=210740974077298891697.0004ac7e66a8121c75d8e&msa=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The typical UK wholesale price is 5p per kWh although many would like to buy 'green' electricity which costs more.Phoenix said:What's the structure/charge for electricity in Great Britain when you implement the use of the QCs? How much you would charge the EV QC users and what is the cost of electricity for your community network?
KevinSharpe said:The typical UK wholesale price is 5p per kWh although many would like to buy 'green' electricity which costs more.
it's not that complex really... certainly nothing like running a business based in Portland, OR with employees in NY which is something I deal with every month.TonyWilliams said:I can't imagine that in the land of high taxes that there isn't some onerous tax of some kind?
Oh yea ... on the geological time scale. Hundreds of quick chargers ... but none to the country with the highest amount of Leafs. Count that as another blow to being anywhere near someone smart.ebill3 said:What can you say, but WOW.
Not to worry, the west coast I5 corridor is moving right along, isn't it?
agreed... with close to hundred DC Fast Chargers and a few thousand public L2's we will be well placed to start the shift to EV's in the UK early next yearDaveinOlyWA said:what is really boils down to is change.
DaveinOlyWA said:what is really boils down to is change. EV adoption's ability to overcome the entrenched prejudices of the oil saturated consumer is only step one of the battle.
the antiquated tiered charging system by electrical companies who charge the same rate for someone cranking their A/C because they dont want sweat trickling down the crack of their ass verses someone who is simply trying to get back and forth to work is simply wrong.
but it will all change. its hard for us to notice the walls being moved when our noses are jammed up against the wall and we are being squeezed from both ends, but the wall is moving.
eventually electric companies will come around to address EV owner needs but it wont happen when its 6,000 people in their 3 million member customer base.
its really just sad because this is where we need to go and the sooner we get there, the better off we are. its not just gas, or the economy or the air we breathe. its progress and that progress has to carry the burden of 1950's thinking of expansion is good, consumption is good.
well, it might have been ok when there were 4 billion of us, but now there is 7 billlion and it aint ok anymore
I managed to find which corner of the car park they'd hidden the charger in Abingdon Waitrose and the Polar post was in use charging a Nissan Leaf. There were also a couple of engineers fixing up the Nissan fast charger, I didn't ask but suspect maybe it was their Leaf.
drees said:Does anyone else stare at the guts of a DCQC and think "I bet Chris Howell could design a DCQC that does the same thing in about 1/10th the space and cost?"
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