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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (5 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:


A big advantage of repurposing existing lampposts is that cities don't have to dig in order to lay new cables, says Artis Markots, the chief executive of the Latvian start-up SimpleCharge, which is focusing on Central and Eastern Europe.

Trojan Energy is a Scottish company whose chargers sit flush with the pavement, resembling miniature manhole covers from the outside.

The UK company Nyobolt recently created Bolt-ee, a compact, ultra-rapid charger that can provide up to 300kW of DC power to charge a car within minutes.

Fully mobile charging could be useful for people with disabilities, says Liana Cipcigan, a professor of transport electrification and smart grids at Cardiff University's School of Engineering.

In terms of fire risks, Mr Shivareddy says that Nyobolt has carefully designed Bolt-ee to be ultra-efficient, and thus to generate very little waste heat.

As Prof Cipcigan says, there is much space for innovation in the EV charging market, and younger and smaller companies "could make an interesting impact on this very complex landscape".


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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

It will be interesting to know if the cables for these things can handle the load. On an individual level probable, but on larger scale?

[–] wilberfan 4 points 10 months ago

It will be interesting to know if the cables for these things will be stolen for their copper or other metals on a regular basis.

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