Riggald

6/12/19

About 7% of CCS stations are single-chargepoint stations. The new stations are typically 2 to 10 chargers. So as time goes by, the proportion of single charger stations drops and drops.

In non-US markets, sales of non-Teslas tend to be much higher. The I-Pace topped the vehicle sales charts in the Netherlands recently,…

6/12/19

Yes I’m counting stations not chargers or connector cables. That’s why I used the word “stations” over and over again.
Tesla stations have about 4 chargers on average.
There are about 2,200 CCS vehicle charge fast charge points and high-power charge-points, across the USA.

6/12/19

One way forward is to start requiring that any new-build multiple-dwelling residential buildings have the electricals for EV chargers pre-installed.
Basically, include it in building codes. Over time, it becomes more usual. Then it becomes a house-price issue - building values fall if there is no EV parking and…

6/12/19

There’s a large red hole at the top in the Tesla map, too. They’ve claimed it will be filled every single year since 2016.

Western Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, and North/South Dakota, basically.

6/12/19

Better mass transit than low-quantities-of-people transit.

6/12/19

Iirc, the Volt has about 8 times the all-electric range of the Prime.

6/12/19

Could you email me more about that problem? (riggald at gmail dot com)

6/12/19

Yes, even when you only consider DC Fast Chargers and High Power Chargers, Tesla (650 fast charge stations, 4 High power charge stations).
ElectrifyAmerica (250 fast charge and 160 high-power charge stations), and Chargepoint (~1,000 fast charge stations).
And Tesla has a higher contention ratio (more cars per outlet).

6/12/19

“They will also be releasing a CCS adapter to work with the Electrify America high speed chargers”
Tesla keep saying this. But currently the CCS standard explicitly disallows adaptor cables (I assume because the cooling fluid can’t be fed along the adaptor cable).

6/12/19

Teslas can only use one 50kW outlet at each of the ElectrifyAmerica stations. And only if they have an S or an X. And only if they have purchased the optional-extra Chademo adaptor.

Model 3 can not use any of the EA or ChargePoint stations. No Tesla can use the stations at 150kW, or 175kW or 350kW. (or any of the…

6/12/19

Yep - PHEVs with big batteries are a great option for use-cases like yours. Bring back the Volt!

6/12/19

I live in an area of high-density housing, with no off-street parking.
My neighbour recently got a Leaf. He has a multiplex cinema pass. Which has validated parking for the multi-storey car park. Which has fast charging included in the parking fee. So he charges up once a week while he watches a movie.

6/12/19

Often there are grants and subsidies for chargers. In Scotland, the grants fully cover the full install.

6/12/19

This is good news - and very bad news for EVGo.
It means that USA’s number 2 and number 3 charging networks - who both have roaming agreements with the number 4 network (Greenlots) now leapfrog into an unassailable first place, pushing EVgo into a very very distant second.

Here’s the ElectrifyAmerica network as it is…

6/12/19

Ignorantia nihil excusat. Prosecute them for breaking the law without intent.

6/12/19

Yep, the the UK sun is soft - but at the moment it’s light out from 2:30am, and until 10:30pm where I live. Even then, there’s no full night - we get midnight twilight. And I could go another 350mi further North, and the summer nights would be even shorter.

Yep, the weather is very changeable - we are at the…

6/12/19

When you and Michael did your long trip in 2016, there were no Electrify America stations live. In fact, at the very beginning of May last year, there were literally *NO* ElectrifyAmerica stations live.

Now, just 13 months later, there’s a very different situation. Here is the ElectrifyAmerica charger station network,…

6/11/19

Carbon-free energy is already cheap.

New-build renewables are cheaper than new-build fossil-fuelled generation. Up to a factor of 6 cheaper than closed-cycle gas turbines (CCGTs), even with grid stabilisation facility costs factored in. [1]

6/11/19

Most solar arrays get their weight from being glass-backed. That’s why solar arrays on plastic film is the way to go for use on vehicles.
Yes, I know how big the roll would be - when rolled up, about the size of some 4/5-person tents, or a pair of inflatable double mattresses.

You roll up the plastic solar tarpaulin,…

6/11/19

Most people would burn more calories walking to the gym and back than they ever do at the gym. (I used to do the calculations - but I never found the exception that proved the rule. I still assume that *someone* does more work at the gym thn the stroll there would provide. But I never found them).