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Electric Vehicles - Impact on electrical network. Survey of vehicle uptake.

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Dear IET forum,

I am carrying out research into the impacts of the projected surge of electric vehicle uptake on the local network infrastructure. The results will be used as part of my Technical report for Ceng. Please could you spare 2 minutes completing the survey in the link below? Its very short I assure you and completely anonymous. My aim is to understand a sample of peoples views on them personally taking up ownership of electric vehicles and if the pandemic may have changed their future car ownership behaviours. 

When complete i can post the results here and if you are interested make a comment and i can send you the finished technical report.

Much appreciated, thank you in advance.!
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CC7GJSB

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    Simon Barker:

    You can down-rate most car chargers to 16A 3.6kW if the supply isn't up to a 32A 7.2kW fast charger.  That should still be fast enough for most people.


    It isn't. A 13 hour charge for a 150 mile vehicle is not compatible with the usage pattern of many car users. Even the average commute is 84 miles by car that's the average. You will struggle to do any miles post commute every day. Being suitable for 75% mean unsuitable for 25%. That's not a way to formulate coherent transport policy. Note: This is first hand experience.




    I don't know where you got that figure from, but I don't believe it.  The only similar figures I can find are 84 minutes.  But very few people will average 60MPH on their commute.


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    Simon Barker:

    You can down-rate most car chargers to 16A 3.6kW if the supply isn't up to a 32A 7.2kW fast charger.  That should still be fast enough for most people.


    It isn't. A 13 hour charge for a 150 mile vehicle is not compatible with the usage pattern of many car users. Even the average commute is 84 miles by car that's the average. You will struggle to do any miles post commute every day. Being suitable for 75% mean unsuitable for 25%. That's not a way to formulate coherent transport policy. Note: This is first hand experience.




    I don't know where you got that figure from, but I don't believe it.  The only similar figures I can find are 84 minutes.  But very few people will average 60MPH on their commute.


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