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New cars bought in the UK must be zero emission by 2035 (www.theregister.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Certainly something that needs to be addressed by them, or manufacturers will not be able to sell them. They will be punished unless they help with solutions.

I’ve seen several possibilities floated around here, so we have 12 years to build out one or more of them

  • landlords with off street parking can be incented or required to provide chargers, by zoning changes. Also at some point they won’t be able to find tenants unless they do
  • faster batteries will help reduce the wait time if you visit a supercharger once a week. It seems like we’re already down to half an hour to charge 5%—>80%
  • slow chargers at every destination (work, shops, restaurants) can keep you always topped off cheaply and without waiting
  • some street parking is conducive to charging, such as with pre-existing streetlight wiring
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

some street parking is conducive to charging, such as with pre-existing streetlight wiring

Some little old biddy is going to trip over the cable though.

With personal charges it's on your private property so there's less of an issue. The public street it becomes a problem

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
  1. That’s one reason many chargers have short cables
  2. I really like the proposal someone here has, where you need to bring your own cable.
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand how either of those things fixes the problem though.

The cable has to be at least long enough to go from the lamp post to the curb which therefore requires it to cross the pavement. So it can't be any shorter than the necessary length plus the distance that is required to travel over the car in case the charger is on the other side. Most cables are already not much longer than that.

I also fail to see the benefit in people bringing their own cables, all that does is it means that the cable isn't there when you're not charging, but it's still a problem when you are charging.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If the cable belongs to individuals:

  • they can be ticketed for causing a hazard to pedestrians
  • there’s no problem with an unused cable not being hung up
  • the part of the charger most likely to be damaged or vandalized is easily replaceable
  • a newly parked person can still charge, even if the previous one was vandalized