David HoLamppost EV chargers are the answer to how you charge your vehicle in cities.
This is possible because when energy intensive street lamps were replaced by LEDs, there’s excess power for charging EVs.
All cities should do this. ⚡️
h/t Robert Llewllyn
Martin Vermeer FCD@davidho Afraid it's too little. A high-pressure sodium lamp uses 1 kW, others less. Unless the cabling is upgraded. Needs to be 11 kW to be interesting.
Gabriele Svelto [moved]@martinvermeer @davidho most street had several lamps attached to a single line. Most lamppost EV chargers I've encountered are capable of ~20kw AC charging, downgrading to 10-15 during periods of high load
John Rohde Jensen@gabrielesvelto @martinvermeer @davidho Most EV cars can only handle 11kW when using AC charging. Some Tesla's and a few high end cars can handle 22kW AC.