EVs take 30% of UK new car market

[dan_b]

And VW is the biggest EV brand.

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/11/07/ev ... cord-high/

[Mart]

I think it's going OK. Could be better, but of course could be worse.

My personal, and totally irrelevant, hoped for target is for PEV's to reach 10%x the year, in the later months of each year, so for 2024, it would be great to see 40%, but with BEV's (plus wiggle room) needing to reach 28% next year (80% in 2030), I think things will shift well.

Just need more rapid chargers, and street charging.


Dan, speaking of street chargers, I know you can charge in work, but are there any plans near your home for something more radical, like Trojan for example, with charging available at every space? I only ask, as London seems to be leading on the more 'mass' rollout solutions.

[dan_b]

I'd not heard of Trojan before, will check that out.

In London there seems to be a bit of a war going on in the Lamppost Charger install option between Ubitricity, Char.gy, and another 3rd supplier I can't remember the name of but basically does the same thing. In Richmond, which was one of the first Boroughs to put in large numbers of Ubitricity points (which of course became Shell Recharge recently), they've now arranged a new deal wtih Char.gy to take over control of all of those existing points and install Char.gy ones going forwards. All a bit of a mess.

Plus there's also the Source London lot which are a lot more expensive to use and plonk down a load of extra streetside infrastructure.

[Mart]

The two big advantages of Trojan, are that every space is electrified, so no need to worry about ICE'ing, people can park where they like. And the rollout cost is a bit lower, as they don't install any above ground kit, instead 'you' buy and carry the charge pole. I suppose that also means no road furniture, unless a car is parked and charging.

Oh, and a third benefit, everyone with an ICE in the road/street can see that charge spaces are available, so hopefully that will ease their concerns about getting a BEV, if they don't have home charging available.

I assume you've seen the pavement gulleys, so you can run a cable, but that does mean you need to be able to park outside, which is bound to be an issue for many. Lots of gulley options now, not just brushes to push the cable through, but rubber flaps, or even lockable metal flaps.

Long way off, but not unreasonable to think that induction charging may be rolled out. Lots of people testing it, such as taxi's at ranks, so they can roll forward when needed without unplugging and plugging back in.

I make no predictions for the future, it's moving/arriving too fast, it's largely a blur to me these days.

[nowty]

Info on Trojan here,
https://trojan.energy/