Comments on: Interview with CEO of eTec on Charging Infrastructure

By: EVNow

EVNow — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:56:36 +0000

The real question is – How long will the primetime as we know it continue ?

Peak Oil will make sure the idea of prime time will change …

By: JohnJ

JohnJ — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:37:07 +0000

Curious that there aren’t any test cities that experience harsh winters.

Chicago would be a good place to try it out. We have summers with 90+ degree heat and winters with the occasional sub-zero temps. If you want to see how well your charging stations can withstand environmental conditions, Chicago would be a good place to test.

By: Darius

Darius — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:33:31 +0000

There are several solutions for that situation. Biger charging stations at the mals can be equiped with screans indicating power availability and timing. On other hand it would be rational intalling charging point in vicinity of 10 kV substation or just intall 10 kV substation ($50 000) on top of charging station and be able to charge 30 EV at the same time. 10 kV cable supports standard up to 3 MW power consumtion or generation.

By: Darius

Darius — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:08:52 +0000

The day time charging is feasable as well. And there will be never problems of doing that even with existing power generation and distribution systems. In case 200 mln EV cars would be on the US roads it would give us 3% of power consumtion. Last year power consumtion of North America decreased by 6%.

By: Texas

Texas — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:14:18 +0000

Yes, the “when and if” is what swapping deals with. BP is installing a working infrastructure in Israel at the same time we are debating what to do.

That is why Shai wants to do Australia, to quiet the critics. It will work and he even did a cost analysis for the U.S. The big countries will need to see if it works with the small countries first. That only makes sense. Like big companies, big countries move slowly and are risk adverse. That’s why small companies eventually kick the butts of big companies. No risk, no reward. That’s the way is has always been, always will be.