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A Fully Charged episode on Ubitricity, a German company that turns ordinary street lamp posts into roughly 5 kW overnight EV charge points, with a locking cable and managed billing.
HN points to it as the real-world example for the garage orphan problem, meaning EV owners with no home charger.
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This. I get more than enough juice out of an Ubitricity socket for an overnight charge. Here is a screenshot of the Tesla app showing the car charging on an Ubitricity plug.... [LINK] Source: [VIDEO] , from Fully Charged. Video features a council official (who own the lights) and Ubitricity CEO.
Fully Charged did an episode on this: * [VIDEO] However, in many cities the posts are not in the sidewalk, but on people's properties, so as to allow clearer pedestrian paths. This is generally true in Toronto (where the story is written), especially on residential side-streets.
Fully Charged had an episode on Ubitricity: * [VIDEO] This mostly works if the posts are closer to the curb, but in some places they are on people's front lawns so the sidewalks are completely clear.
> All new street lights (as of a couple of years ago) have to have charging points built-in […] If anyone wants to see an example of light pole charging, the Fully Charged YT channel had an episode of one example: * [VIDEO] See also pop-up chargers for streets without poles: * [LINK]
> The number of people in the UK and Ireland that have to park overnight on the street is way too high to start banning ICE vehicles within the next decade. You're not wrong (and I too am a "garage orphan"—neither a garage or even a driveway), but there are some options being developed. The YT channel Fully Charged featured two a while back: * Street lamps: [VIDEO] * Pop-up charger: [LINK] I'm a bit skeptical.
Reasonable concern, though: 1. If every car has one, they become a commodity, so how much value will they actually end up having? 2. There are locking cables available: * [VIDEO]
Fully Charged , based out of the UK, had episodes on street lamp plugs, and pop-up chargers: * [VIDEO] * [LINK] Each area/street will probably have to examined individually to find the right solution for it.
Robert Llewellyn (previously of Red Dwarf fame) covered this idea eight years ago (July 2017) on his 'electrify' channel: > The simple and very commonplace lamp post will soon become a ubiquitous charge point for electric cars. They charge at about 5 kW, or 16 amps, not super fast but overnight charging is all most drivers need. Ubitricity is a German based company who've come up with a simple, cheap to install and well managed system for more people on more streets to adopt electric cars. * [VIDEO] See also pop-up chargers from six years ago: * [LINK]