Saturday, May 23, 2009
Electric cars in London
Boris Johnson has announced plans that he hopes will make the city the electric vehicle capital of Europe
A report by analyst Frost and Sullivan has suggested that in order to promote widespread use of EVs, governments must “ensure the availability of at least four charging points per EV in the first year”. If the analysis is correct then London alone will need 250,000 charge points by 2015, rather than the GLA's projected 25,000.
IMO: There are other snags, also, including up to 30-40% power loss during electricity distribution. Could be best to use buses and trains in London - probably much more efficient. Also many of these charging points are likely to be 13A, which will take hours for vehicles of current size and weight. Old Ken Livingstone seems to have been on a better wicket - charge the cars out of existence in London. It hurts, but Bangladesh for example will not be too pleased when it is submerged in water due to London wasters. The world is a small place today. Whose fault ? Government corruption and inadequate planning. All Western Governments are hopelessly corrupt, as the current Westminster swindles indicate.
A report by analyst Frost and Sullivan has suggested that in order to promote widespread use of EVs, governments must “ensure the availability of at least four charging points per EV in the first year”. If the analysis is correct then London alone will need 250,000 charge points by 2015, rather than the GLA's projected 25,000.
IMO: There are other snags, also, including up to 30-40% power loss during electricity distribution. Could be best to use buses and trains in London - probably much more efficient. Also many of these charging points are likely to be 13A, which will take hours for vehicles of current size and weight. Old Ken Livingstone seems to have been on a better wicket - charge the cars out of existence in London. It hurts, but Bangladesh for example will not be too pleased when it is submerged in water due to London wasters. The world is a small place today. Whose fault ? Government corruption and inadequate planning. All Western Governments are hopelessly corrupt, as the current Westminster swindles indicate.
# posted by uv : 7:33 AM
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