EV INFRASTRUCTURE
Current
AFFAIRS
The roll-out of EV charging stations
and charge-points is increasing
steadily, but is it quickly enough
and in the right places?
WORDS: FRANK MILLARD
Charging electric vehicles (EVs) seems
straightforward enough, but there
are potential pitfalls in the
establishment of a comprehensive
infrastructure. The charging
network must cater for a growing number of
vehicles and expanding at a similar rate to
ownership as well as according to diff ering
requirements in diff erent places at diff erent
times. It also needs to consider the
grid, which must itself increasingly depend on
renewable energies. So, diff erent solutions are
likely to be applied, such as forecourt charging,
local charge points, home and work (off -peak)
charging, induction charge-as-you-drive,
AC and fast DC charging.
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