Electric cars for people with no driveways

Conscript said:
Is there any agency in the idea of suspending the wires, rather than running them across a pavement?

Using @Russinating's picture as an example, I'm thinking a simple pylon that can be mounted to the gatepost that can swing out over the pavement, holding the cable aloft to the kerbside, where it can drop down to the charging point of the car.
When not in use, it can be folded back on itself by the gatepost - perhaps even telescopic to an extent so it can be hidden away.

If pedestrian access is the issue, is that not a better solution? Much uglier I guess, but more practical from an access perspective? It might also make reaching the charging socket on the car easier if it's not parked directly outside the house.
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Yeah I've seen some people do that for charging smaller batteries for things like mobility lifts etc. But trouble with Type 2 cables are they're pretty thick and rigid and it would be a right pain to get it high enough that nobody would hit their head on it, then you've got umbrellas and the like. It would need to be at least 10ft high across the entire span of pavement to be as safe as a cable cover.
 
I wouldn't like to walk down wet pavements in the rain with these high voltage electric cables running across them were some of them could be badly damaged or home made or cut to length and badly joined together with god know what ..
 
chaparral said:
I wouldn't like to walk down wet pavements in the rain with these high voltage electric cables running across them were some of them could be badly damaged or home made or cut to length and badly joined together with god know what ..
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I wouldn't like to walk down hot pavements with these highly flammable petrol tanks right next to them that could be badly damaged, corroded, leaking, with flammable fumes and god knows what...
 
Journey said:
You can't be actually serious, you are trolling right? I mean how do I get a pram up a curb with is 4x higher or more? It's like a baby speed bump (see what I did there?), just much smaller.
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Well you take a curb once every so often. Now imagine you walked down a terraced street with 100 mini speed bumps all the way down it...

Not ideal for a sleeping baby.
 
The Running Man said:
Well you take a curb once every so often. Now imagine you walked down a terraced street with 100 mini speed bumps all the way down it...

Not ideal for a sleeping baby.
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Ah, I see what you mean, 'cause every single person in the street is going to have an EV that all need be plugged in and charging all at the same time, while you push your baby down the street at 22:00.

... my suggestion is to come back once you figure out a line between reality and total and utter fantasy land.
 
Journey said:
Ah, I see what you mean, 'cause every single person in the street is going to have an EV that all need be plugged in and charging all at the same time, while you push your baby down the street at 22:00.

... my suggestion is to come back once you figure out a line between reality and total and utter fantasy land.
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You mean people are only going to set these up at 10pm every night?

They are going to tidy them away every morning before work and then only put them out later?

What if in the new economy people are working from home during the day and leave them out? L
 
Oh god, this guy again :D


The solution is to simply add plug-in points in the existing street furniture where possible, and add a card reader so the correct person gets billed for the leccy used. This way you're not tied to a particular spot, the install costs would be a lot less than installing actual chargers, and there are no cables running all over the pavement. Of course you'd get the ICE car owners parking next to them however which is surely going to lead to some interesting altercations :D
 
The Running Man said:
You mean people are only going to set these up at 10pm every night?

They are going to tidy them away ever morning before work and then only put them out later?

What if in the new economy people are working from home during the day and leave them out? L
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It’s quite clear what was said.

Not every house will need to charge every day (far from it), those people who need to charge will mainly do so at night because it’s significantly cheaper.

People charging in the day will very much be in the minority. Of course cables will need to be removed daily because otherwise the end of the socket will just be left in the street. Plugs left in the street will just get damaged, stolen (cable will not be locked to the car...), or someone comes and nicks your electric with the handy plug you left out for them.

Think about reality not some kind of made up extreme that’s unlikely to actually happen.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
It’s quite clear what was said.

Not every house will need to charge every day (far from it), those people who need to charge will mainly do so at night because it’s significantly cheaper.

People charging in the day will very much be in the minority. Of course cables will need to be removed daily because otherwise the end of the socket will just be left in the street. Plugs left in the street will just get damaged, stolen (cable will not be locked to the car...), or someone comes and nicks your electric with the handy plug you left out for them.

Think about reality not some kind of made up extreme that’s unlikely to actually happen.
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So youre expecting some 60 year old woman to be able to make one of these cables, run it outside at night, then come take it inside in the morning in the rain just to be able to go to the shops? What if her garden is 20 foot long?

Its maddness madness madnus.

For 1 person this seems like a kinda do-able solution. For everyone it is not.
 
chaparral said:
I wouldn't like to walk down wet pavements in the rain with these high voltage electric cables running across them were some of them could be badly damaged or home made or cut to length and badly joined together with god know what ..
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It does kinda go against electrical safety regulations. You'd never be allowed to have a HV cable trailing across walkways or areas which get wet in any other situation. Once someone gets fried they will probably put a stop to it.
 
Kenai said:
Of course cables will need to be removed daily because otherwise the end of the socket will just be left in the street. Plugs left in the street will just get damaged, stolen (cable will not be locked to the car...), or someone comes and nicks your electric with the handy plug you left out for them.

Think about reality not some kind of made up extreme that’s unlikely to actually happen.
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After working at a place that haves lots of different people that use the airlines & fuel nozzles & pressure washers with 10+ metre hoses and seeing how few people actually pack them away afterwards is frightening..
 
Nasher said:
It does kinda go against electrical safety regulations. You'd never be allowed to have a HV cable trailing across walkways or areas which get wet in any other situation. Once someone gets fried they will probably put a stop to it.
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These cars are all using LV cables not HV.
 
chaparral said:
After working at a place that haves lots of different people that use the airlines & fuel nozzles with 10+ metre hoses and seeing how few people actually pack them away afterwards is frightening..
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Especially if the lock is inside the car, so you have to: leave your house and lock the door, go unlock your car, get in. Unlock the power cable button, get out, go undo the power cable, lock your car, take power cable back to house. Lock house door, go back to car, unlock and get back in.

Id enjoy that in -12 winter.

Going to be lovely if your power cable is iced to the garden/Street and soaking wet. Just chuck it inside, ruin your carpet. Be right.
 
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