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Old July 16th 18, 11:08 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Electric buses at waterloo

On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 04:09:03PM +0100, Roland Perry wrote:

What's important for the EV-charging scenario is that is if several
dozen houses are supplied by an 200A street main at 230v from the local
substation, how can more than a handful charge an EV overnight at 50
amps?


They won't all need to fully recharge a car every night.

Of the many cars parked on a street, plenty of them just aren't used
most days. And of those that are used on any given day, plenty aren't
used much - just a trip to the shops, or the school run, or to a nearby
employer.

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