Some interesting EV info expected to be announced today. Chris Grayling is expected to announce that new-build homes in England are to be required to have charging points installed and street lighting to include some charging points too.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44759150There are also some interesting new talk videos on "Fully Charged", from their Fully Charged Live 2018, held at Silverstone at the start of June.
There are bits from a range of contributors, from the National Grid, to CEO of Eco Cars, the countries first major supplier of pre-owned EVs.
Suppliers of charging infrastructure are saying that the EV manufacturers have basically all settled on CCS as there preferred charging option, so it looks like this will become the industry standard.
Pivot Power have applied for planning permission to install their first 50 MW battery storage system, each supplying 100 charging points, with 45 planned to be installed over the next 5 years. Cost will be £1.6 billion.
Eco Cars pointed out that the majority of owners replacing PHEVs are buying full EVs. PHEVs seem to give them the confidence to take the plunge.
The National Grid spokesman said that they have no problem supplying power to the emerging EV market, scoffing at the Daily Mail's "We will require 5 new nuclear power plants". And that despite the fact that one 350 KW charging point requires the same power as a B&Q store, with two the same as an IKEA!
The guy from Ecotricity says that they have been able to install fast chargers at all bar one of the UK's motorway service stations, the one not having grid capacity.
And a video explaining the problems with sustained high power use from a Tesla Model X. Apparently you cannot accelerate up and down to 155 mph over a prolonged period without the powertrain overheating and limiting the power. Yaboo!