Sometimes, progress comes in baby steps, tiny improvements that move a whole series of events forward. The European Union has just approved regulations requiring that an electric car charger be included in every new and renovated home and all apartment buildings starting in 2019. Why is that important? Because charging infrastructure is vital to convincing mainstream buyers to switch to an electric car.
The regulations don't specify what type of charger has to be installed. Presumably, it won't be just a Level 1 piece of equipment, which is little more than an extension cord plugged into the nearest wall socket. On the other hand, it won't be a 150 kW charger like the one Porsche says its upcoming Mission E can use.
There are all kinds of stipulations in building codes like setbacks. Should a mandatory electric car charger be among them?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @03:00PM
But most EVs will charge overnight when the grid is lightly loaded. I'm not saying we could replace all the internal combustion cars in the US with EVs and not have problems, we can add quite a few before it becomes a problem.
(Score: 2) by t-3 on Thursday October 20 2016, @08:24PM
No, most people will plug in when they come home from work, at peak hours when everyone is cooking dinner and watching TV.
(Score: 1) by charon on Friday October 21 2016, @11:34PM