As may be, but the majority of drivers in this country are not going to be able to park there, hence private for EV only. I guess the small print will detail some sort of fine system if your not plugged in.
What’s to stop someone simply unplugging you? You get up in the morning and your car isn’t charged or someone plugging their car into your power supply?
As may be, but the majority of drivers in this country are not going to be able to park there, hence private for EV only. I guess the small print will detail some sort of fine system if your not plugged in.
I’ve asked fir a photo of the sign as I can’t read what it actually says but from the other comments it’s not an assigned space and anyone can park there, it just doesn’t happen that often.
What’s to stop someone simply unplugging you? You get up in the morning and your car isn’t charged or someone plugging their car into your power supply?
Correct. On the I-Pace there is a little button next to the socket you press to release it, but it’ll only unlock if you have the key in your pocket.
Oh yes. I hadn't noticed that. A notice like that will carry loads of weight on some of the streets in Brum. And I don't necessarily mean in deprived areas.
Surely the infrastructure needs to develop to such an extent that charging points are provided at every on street parking point, if you use a point within your house post code zone then it would be charged at your home unit rate.
So a solution for the 40% of the population that cannot have thier own charger is to use a neighbour's that does? That'll help about 0.01% at best, what about the other 39.99%? How many here would allow a neighbour to occupy your drive and charger to the exclusion of your own use? You'd need to draw up a rota! And if you both have ad-hoc driving habits? What about the rest of the street? Can't see a sharing scheme getting much uptake. So back to "What are the government going to do for the 40% of the population that cannot reasonably easily charge a BEV?". Yes I know, use hybrids. Or another source of power we're still waiting for.
I'm not anti BEV at all so please don't think I'm knocking them or their owners. I'm quite aware the figures are massaged to slant the real picture and while 40% of the population won't be able to charge a BEV on or outside their property, as you rightly ask, what percentage of that 40% currently own a vehicle, let alone are planning to swap to pure BEV? We must remember of course, the government only mentioned a target for banning pure ICE cars, there's no law even planned for this ban. And should the ban come into effect, the options for a new car will still allow hybrid, with ICEs which aren't planned for a ban until later.
What I am knocking is the state of the current and near future planned infrastructure to enable the general populace, if the wish, to swap to a plug-in BEV.
I am sure I have said this before - the electricity distribution network at a street level simply will not support mulitple chargers on every road, let alone one per house.
In fact, even charging at home on your drive is going to be an issue once takeup gets higher.
The costs and disruption involved to supply the required network are immense, and I would suggest, will prove insurmountable. Who will pay?
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