Ubitricity introduces smart charging tariff

[dan_b]

Genuinely not sure what point you're making here Gus.

[Mr Gus]

I repeat.

If the ratio for EV as new car purchases was 1 in 3 (apparently, off top of head) up to Dec 2022, then how many were London based vehicles who travelled to that borough with clockwork like regularity?

Hoarding is not good!

[Mr Gus]

I repeat.

If the ratio for EV as new car purchases was 1 in 3 (apparently, off top of head) up to Dec 2022, then how many were London based vehicles who travelled to that borough with clockwork like regularity?


..in order for there to be so many in one borough.

Has the tesla layout not taught anything!?? ffs.
Hoarding is not good!

[Yuff]

I can’t say in my experience, of having had EV’s for 3 years, that I have had any problems apart from one issue on the way back from Heathrow, about a year ago, and that was mainly because I choose to try and find a cheaper charger than a Tesla supercharger.
Yes you have to be a bit more organised in terms of planning charges etc but that is out weighed by the ability to charge at home at very low rates.
As the infrastructure changes over time then surely things will improve.
Plus the range in vehicles is improving every year.
The Giles Coren article was a bit of a red herring. If you can’t access a home charger then why would anyone get an EV at this moment in time unless they have a charger at work they can use etc

[Mr Gus]

But as we increase the amount of BEV there will be older less mile capable cars, old leafs, new honda's, Twizy, Ami, Smart, bubble car, E-mopeds & E-motorbikes, all of which may still want / need to go miles out of the way.

Not having a decent smattering of chargers,? (see previous posts)

Councils have already p155ed away the first tranche of tax payer funded chargers to the big corporates.
Councils have buildings in every town (ish) roof, land & parking.

Therefore they ought be both generators & sellers of power to charge ev's & encourage uptake of BEV , they own sports centres, car.parks, public buildings aplenty all set up to park at for hours on end, making them ideal for plugging charging desert gaps whilst creating some fairly proportioned income & benefit the local community.

The only reason we summised that a college in the sticks of bedfordshire had a chademo charger was due to association as a technology hub & thus it was deemed a good thing to nab, it was so well hidden & not sign posted, & certainly not heavily used, we burnt through lots of battery just looking for it after a ream of 2kWh /10 amp overnight chargers at a hotel, the bmw charger being out of operation( badly located, proneto heat interference so it wouldnt connect, even when rung througing

As mobility changes battery chemistry, density, seasonality, & driving ability to EV standard means you cannot simply expect big battery cars to be all there is, thus the need for charger location curation beyond city limits.

An e- moped will probably have a 40 mile range, but may still need to go beyond it (a carer for instance sent out to cover from another area) which will be at the lower end of the pay scale worker, who currently has to use, tube / bus / trains then a taxi to cover from south london to Peterborough for instance, ..not unusual, & less so at hospitals trying to cover shifts for locums etc.

Otherwise you get scared little manchild vox pop coren's of this world, lead footing it & yelling loudly (and paid to perform it) whilst the rest of the country firstly tells him to piss back off to london & sighs because thats life in these parts & way lower down the lists than london for, internet,phone connectivity etc, signal transport, fuel, ..etc

So, whilst masses of chargers in one borough is "nice" the supply chain from covid & brexit.is still screwed, so we ought share the damn things, which also gets bevs into the second hand market down the line, up & down the country not merely the sprawling capital.

like there is a limit on buying eggs, & cooking oils & we see reason in that, same for charger installs when the supply chain is iffy.

[John_S]

I agree with Yuff. No major issues in two years with my EV, except for a 30 minute wait at Grid Serve Rugby, when half their chargers were down and they could not/would not reboot as that would temporarily take the other half down and a few ten minute waits. Sure, it takes a bit of care and research on where chargers are and allowing for out of order chargers etc. But definitely improving.

I am sure that the expanded London ULEZ has helped the move to EVs in London and this should be applauded not derided.

Now to sort out the illegal use of polluting wood burners in London and elsewhere.

[AE-NMidlands]

I am sure that the expanded London ULEZ has helped the move to EVs in London and this should be applauded not derided.

Now to sort out the illegal use of polluting wood burners in London and elsewhere.

Looks like you might be in the majority, and might not have to wail long now: https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... upport-ban - published just 40 minutes ago!

Vast majority of Londoners support ban on wood burners
Exclusive: Poll shows national support for ban in urban areas, where burners have worst impact
An overwhelming majority of people in London support the banning of wood burners, which are the single biggest source of tiny air pollution particles in Britain.

An exclusive poll for the Guardian indicates that 67% of Londoners backed a ban, with 17% opposed and 16% saying they did not know. Across Britain, 44% supported a wood burner ban, with 36% opposed.

Government data published last week showed emissions of toxic pollution particles from wood-burning in UK homes had more than doubled in the past decade.
Dirty air causes 26,000 to 38,000 early deaths a year in England, with the particles linked to many health problems, including heart and lung disease as well as dementia and depression.
About only 8% of people in the UK burn solid fuels indoors, meaning a small minority are responsible for significant amounts of pollution. Two-thirds of these people live in urban areas, where the impact of air pollution is worst, and virtually all of them have other sources of heating.

The poll, conducted by Omnisis, posed the question: “Wood burners are significant contributors to air pollution in urban areas. Do you think they should be banned in towns and cities?”

The results found that among supporters of all the main political parties, more people agreed with a ban than disagreed. The same applied for all age categories, with the strongest backing for a ban among over-75s, with 58% in favour and 32% opposed.

[Mr Gus]

at cost to elsewhere!?
slowing the process down by how much?

aand again what was the london ratio for new ev?

[greentangerine]

This seems a good idea.

https://ubitricity.com/en/press-release ... k-network/

I was visiting my daughter in Kentish Town over the weekend and when connecting up to a lamppost was offered this - it was about 3:50pm at the time so I accepted and left the car to charge overnight.

It started charging at 7pm and continued all night - the car was nearly empty and the charger was only 3kW. Cost me just over £20 to get back to 100%.

[Mr Gus]

Whilst this piece is from 2021, look at the ratio, look at Scotland (bear in mind the oft remote nature of populace) a big difference.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... ng-deserts