I would be happy with a shared vehicle that I could rely on to autonomously arrive at my location at the time I booked it, +/- 5 minutes, keep it as long as I need it then send it on its way. Could even book different vehicles depending on what I needed it for.
street lights and EV charging points
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Unless my street is an exception, no. My street lighting is wire in 2c 1.5mm SWA, which it seems supplies four or five light columns - judging by how many go out when a fault develops. Multiple underground joints have been applied over the years, as each generation of lights has been replaced, and positioning changed. So supporting charging - not a chance.
I foresee lots of EV owners driving round the streets looking for EV bays, before eventually the simply run out of power.
I spot a potential money making scheme - I have off road space for maybe 7 cars, if LIFO. I would just need my incoming supply upgraded to industrial proportions.
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My own car is very much under-used, especially so at the moment, living alone. I only really keep it as the tug for my tourer caravan, and for occasional big shopping load every few weeks. The rest of the time, I manage well enough walking and using buses. If the above ever came to fruition, that would work even better for me than buses and the big shopping loads.
Always a problem for me, is when I have something just too big to fit in the car, and I end up cap in hand seeing if a local van owner can help. Just being able to do the above, but requesting a van would make life really easy.
That would be perfect for me. Even better if it came with a driver, even better if it could bring me things I ordered from local businesses - like shopping and food. Sounds like a great business opportunity for someone.
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I hope so, as I get older I must reach a point when it is unsafe for me to drive, I don't really want to move, I like it here, but as it stands one train Tue, Wed, Thur, so they are unusable as can't get from train station into Welshpool do shopping and get back before it leaves, not even popping in/out of one shop. Weekend there are two trains, so can only shop on a weekend.
One would hope if less people have cars we will either get local shops, or better public transport, but where I lived in North Wales I could have actually covered the 8 miles to the City of Chester and stayed there from 7:30 am to 10:00 pm and caught a bus, so I could have gone to work or shop without a car, here we rely on the car, and when I became 70 during the Covid problems I applied for my licence 2 months before it ran out, and it took until 6 months after my birthday to get the new licence, so I tried using an e-bike, I can just about get to Welshpool and back (8 miles away) on a 12 Ah 48 volt battery, that's about the limit. I can get to Newtown (11 miles away) but not back, mainly due to hills so need to go vie Welshpool so really 20 miles by e-bike.
I think although not tried it, Morrison's cafe would let me charge my battery while getting a meal, but there are no charging points I can officially use, I am sure if Welshpool station was open could charge my battery there, at least the e-bike battery is small enough to carry inside a shop or pub to charge it.
But it seems the larger vehicles today you can't remove the battery for charging, back in 1982 when the Bedford CF electric van was introduced there were two versions, one with under slung batteries which could be charged off the vehicle, but that is no longer the case.
The problem with street charging is the trip hazard, I have already fallen over once due to charging leads, when carrying items so did not see it.
So some 122 years ago, clearly you had to be old enough to drive, so what age are you now, 145?
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Think it's called a Taxi? But could be called the Milkman, I know our Milkman will collect and deliver items to customers on his round, but the thread is about EV charging points and EV vehicles, and before moving from North Wales our neighbour was a Milkman on the Wirral, and he got a Renault kangoo van long wheel base electric, with a round of a fixed seem to remember 64 miles, the van with a range of 120 miles should have been ideal, but on a few times it ran out of puff before he got home.
And since carrying Milk, he did not use the heater other than for demisting. There was no rapid charge, it charged at 3.5 kW, so idea of popping into local charge point was out. OK I know the new one can charge at 7 kW, and some cars can use three phase and charge at 22 kW, and some can even use DC with an even faster charge rate.
However in the main they are charged at home, already seen news items of some one being fined for leaving their car on charge in a supermarket for over the 1.5 hour car parking limit, there is no special allowance for electric.
And at where I work we are seeing so many people plugging into our 22 kW charging point, but their car only charges at 7 kW so they are taking up the charge point for three times longer than they should. This was OK in 2019 as very few people wanted to charge an EV, but today common to see both charge points in use.
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At what are were people allowed to drive back then? Today can't even ride an ebike under 14 year old.
And my point is that technology will provide the answers. Surely the lamppost thing is more about having somewhere convenient to mount a suitably powered charging point while minimising additional infrastructure and street furniture, not wiring it from a light fitting!
Where I live, it's customary to receive the key (well the screwdriver) to your own off road motorcycle before starting secondary school.
No, it's not a taxi. I would want it all day as I carry a lot of tools and sound equipment and only unload as I need stuff.
In the 50' and 60's, local shops would offer that service - boy on a grocery bike
Too much like hard work for modern lads..
but that is what Norfolk county council think they can do without any cable upgrades.................
Norfolk council is not alone in thinking it is that easy.
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