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EU Mandates Electric Car Chargers in All New Homes From 2019

posted by janrinok on Wednesday October 19 2016, @11:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the for-poorer-nations-too? dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

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?

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday October 20 2016, @06:56PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Thursday October 20 2016, @06:56PM (#416880)

    Yep, European latitudes are just special. They make people crazy commie in the head, and build stuff that lasts a millennium.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday October 20 2016, @09:22PM

    by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Thursday October 20 2016, @09:22PM (#416946) Homepage
    Strange you should mention that aspect, I'm nearly half way there - the building my flat is in was built some time before 1537. (That's the earliest reference to the building in its current configuration we can find. Mid-to-late-1400s, it was definitely wooden shacks instead of stone.)

    However, 100 miles (whatever they are) is a very long distance!
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