EV charging hits the streets

Given the average Australian daily commute is around 30 km, the charging speeds and times offered by AC charging are now well capable of providing overnight (or even over lunch) recharging well in excess of most average vehicle travel patterns (see Table 1). 

A trial in Sydney’s western suburbs is using an ENE-HUB
‘smart light pole’ with charging equipment from ChargeFox.

As a result, the common finding of studies about how EV owners charge their cars is that 90% or more of charging is done using an AC charger (EVSE) at the home, workplace or destination, be that destination a country B&B or a shopping centre. 

EV charging in homes is pretty much sorted (see ‘Is your home EV ready?‘ in Renew 143) and charging for unit or strata title dwellers has a growing set of available options (see ‘Strata strategies’ in Renew 145). You could say that 90% of charging is now able to be dealt with and all that is left is to speed up the rollout of DC charging to facilitate that remaining 10%. 

Read the story from Renew by Bryce Gaton - “EV charging hits the streets.”