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, @04:38PM
> I did a back-of-the-envelope calculation of what power consumption will have 100 Mil electric vehicles for an average 45 Km/day and using the lowest Tesla KWh values.
Where did you get 45Km from?
In the US, where lower population density makes commutes significantly longer than most of the EU the average is drastically less than 45km: [statisticbrain.com]
29% less than 10 miles (16Km) round-trip
22% less than 20 miles (32km) round-trip
17% less than 30 miles (48km) round-trip
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @04:45PM
Those 45 Km/day add up to cca 15000 Km in a year. That is a resonable average for Europe.