EV charging in a dwelling

[Mike Johnson]

Batteries deteriorate with age and use, swapping them at a station would be a nightmare, not viable IMO.

 

[sparksfly]

Where's Duracell in all of this ?
Back in the day, the milk floats had standard type batteries albeit they were slow. I wonder, if we ditched current fast EVs for battery milk floats, slowly get around. No speed restrictions because you can't, encourage faster transport like err..fast cyclists, tools in the back along with the odd hitch hiker...everyone would be more relaxed....and electricians would not be expected yesterday but planned in for a change..& charge customers for travelling = more happy green people.
Sorry... back to the OP

What about a boom arm attached to the houses ?????

 

[Zerax]

What about a boom arm attached to the houses ?????

Good idea... I think there'll be lots of things that we'll see over time. Anything to do with government or councils moves very verrrry.... slooooooowwwllllyy.

We still have vast housing estates being granted planning permission that have zero provision for car charging ! We still have building regs with woefully low thermal insulation levels, woefully low sound insulation levels and developers who are permitted to self certify the garbage they're building ! This has been going on for years and years and years.... And these things are the 'easy-to-fix' ones !

 

[Lister1987]

Batteries deteriorate with age and use, swapping them at a station would be a nightmare, not viable IMO.

Already being done on Japan with levels of success.

 

[Soi disant]

We still have vast housing estates being granted planning permission that have zero provision for car charging !

And yet I'm sure I read recently that at least one DNO is now installing 125A cutouts as standard for new connections to allow for EV charging.....

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

And yet I'm sure I read recently that at least one DNO is now installing 125A cutouts as standard for new connections to allow for EV charging.....

Wpd are now fitting 3 phase cutouts as standard on new installs

 

[Mike Johnson]

Already being done on Japan with levels of success.

Can we see some evidence of that?

 

[snowhead]

Can we see some evidence of that?

This is in China;

 

[Mike Johnson]

I did not see them take anything out and put anything different in, just lifted the car and put something underneath it and then lowered it again, not very convincing IMO.

 

[Lister1987]

I did not see them take anything out and put anything different in, just lifted the car and put something underneath it and then lowered it again, not very convincing IMO.

Better Place Unveils an Electric Car Battery Swap Station

Better Place unveiled its battery swap system today and said the $500,000 gadget can replace a dead battery and get you back on the road in less time than it takes to fill your gas tank. The prototype revealed in Japan is the first of what the Silicon Valley startup promises will be countless...

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From 2009, ultimately the company went bankrupt but the logistics were there, unfortunately for them; that uptake from manufacturers wasn't.