Very useful but think we need to lobby parliament to get under pavement chargers installed for all terraced houses and flats .We have only 8 years to do this .
The thing is even with the heavy duty covers on the path, if somebody trips over and hurts themselves, they will sue you and no insurance will cover you...
Am I not correct in saying all insurance policy’s for EVs must cover for someone falling over the cable even the owner of the the car. However I fully take on board what your saying because of this I haven’t got an electric car. Plus my local Authority Will not say I can put a duct across the pavement to run the cable in So until they allow this I’ll stick with the diesel
Council could always cut a channel in the pavement towards the kerbside the width of the cable for each charge point. You could therefore plug it in at the wall. Drop it down into the crevice and run it through the crevice towards the kerb where it would be plugged into the car. It would also help drain water away from the houses and into the drains. It would be easy enough to clear with a pressure washer once a year for places prone to getting clogged up.
To save yourself having extension on extension with the seperete rcd device it may be beneficial to install an external ip rated rcd protected socket on the external wall of your house.
Commando socket hard wired to an external wall will draw 30amp instead of 10amp and charge at 7kwh instead of 2kwh. Still need to run a wire over pavement but neater.
This is excellent. Thanks so much for making this video. It helps a great deal. I am gonna share it with my class. Hope you get more views. I just subbed.
Thanks. That was very interesting. I have been driving EVs for three years and depend on street chargers, so this is a topic close to my heart. I heard of a council (somewhere in England, I think) that will cut a channel across the pavement, just the right size for the cable, which I thought was a really great idea. I wish they all did that. Thanks again!
Great video with some really useful tips. Have you contacted the council about them installing charging points along your road? I know Westminster, Wandsworth and other councils have been converting street lamps to on street charging points. However, I think the way you've sorted out your car charging facility is safe and ingenious.
Thanks, I haven’t asked the council simply because I know that I’ll be moving in the next year and am happy to use my current method to charge which will be cheaper. There are also street lamp chargers 2 streets over which are very close, but over pavement is more convenient (when I can get the parking spot) Thanks for watching!
@@AndytizerI was thinking about the price difference when charging straight to your home sockets and using public charging. How cheaper is it? I thought it will raise the house electric bills a lot. Great informative video btw
There is a company called (i think) paveCross, who install a flush duct across the pavement. So there is nothing above the level of pavement , so nothing to trip over. The paving slabs themselvs will be more uneven than the duct.
Thanks for this video, I have off road parking but there is a walkway right of way between my house and my parking area, might look at the cable cover as an option.
An arch or arm which swings over the pavement from your front area might work. It would have to be at least 7 feet tall, and capable of reaching over the pavement to the street/
But can you charge it using an m1 MacBook Air? But for reals, really cool video. Even thought my car is diesel and I don’t even live in London. Still interesting to see the struggles of electrical charging.
For me charging is the major drawback of EVs… I’m not talking about the range, which is pretty good nowadays nonetheless, or the charging time, even if it’s still a little bit annoying, but the charging process on it’s own. The differents types of plugs (the state need to work on that and force manufacturers to implement a standard, and if manufacturers don’t implement it, issue them big fines… They also need to force charging stations to accept standard paiements like cash and credit cards (hello chargepass) and force them to repair a charger when it’s broken… I think that’s why EVs are not growing as fast has they like… If we could build a strong and reliable charging network, it would be a game changer ! (Sorry for my English, I’m not native)
On my walk home from work someone with a Tesla who lives in an old Victorian terrace has a black cable across the pavement to their car. With the clocks going back soon I can just agine someone tripping over it especially an elderly person. Not sure how a hospital better is better for the old persons environment
Hi Andrew I bought new MG5 and learned a lot from your channel. My query is that if we charge at tesco with 22kw fast charger with 3 phase type 2 to type 2 cable. Then do we get 7kw or near to 22kw speed. Because some online site says that max speed for mg5 is 7kw for AC charging. I know it can be charged at 50 kW at rapid DC charging. Thanks
Your AC onboard charger (using Type 2) is likely a 7kW and so even at 22kW AC chargers, your car will only ask for 7kW. If you charge on a CCS DC charger, it bypasses the onboard charger and you get the max 50ish kW DC.
Just like Mobile phones have portable chargers, someone should design a can that can be charged by plugging into the boot or the frunk with portable charger. Then you could charge over night and not worry about cables.
just think how big that can would need to be? also all the extra lithium and other precious metlals needed to fulfil, it means most evs would require twice the amount
Any suggestions when you live on a 10th floor and the nearest charge is 30 mins walk away. Richmond-upon-Thames council is not interested in installing any new charge points.
You've just put me off from buying a hybrid. The cost of installing one at home, the electricity cost. More can go wrong with the car, hybrid battery will need replacing costs a arm and a leg. Hybrids are not worth it.
Sorry, but what you are doing is not safe and technically illegal. 13 Amp domestic sockets are not rated for continuous loads. This is why granny charger plugs have thermal sensors that protect the socket they are plugged into. If you use a granny charger on an extension cable that cable's socket is protected BUT, not the socket in your home (you might want to consider what your home insurer might say in the event of a claim). You can get around this, but it involves externally mounted EV rated sockets wired direct to your board, so instalation must be done by a SQEP. I do question the wisdom of posting information regarding electrical safety if you are not qualified. You can find a better explanation at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n-F02_fXd8c.html
And now imagine a road with 100 cars doing the same thing! This is not the future and I can't see why people can't see it. You then have to consider a household generally has more than one car. The whole idea is bonkers
