Comments on: Bosch Introduces Sub $450 Level 2 Car Charger

By: Mohan Raj

Mohan Raj — Fri, 10 May 2013 23:37:00 +0000

Wonderful. Even if it costs $500 for installation, its less than $ 1K. So install it everywhere in Parking lot, Public library, Government office, Rest area and so on.

For $ 1 million, we can install 1,000 chargers and for $ 100 million, we can install 100,000 stations. Slowly as EVs increase we can start installing Level-3 chargers.

Right now the number of charging stations stands @ 16,900 +

http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/stations_counts.html

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:27:00 +0000

A circuit breaker. A few feet of wire and some plastic conduit. An outlet.

It’s a butt-simple installation. Think adding an outlet for a electric clothes dryer.

We need to make EVs “sidewalk charging” ready. Start putting metered outlets along the sidewalk and in parking lots. Keep the chargers (except for the really big boy rapid chargers) in the cars.

Make the meters ‘plug and charge’. Let the car tell the grid which account to bill. Keep it very simple on the outlet end so that more outlets get installed.

By: anderlan

anderlan — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:17:00 +0000

Screw everything about this. Automakers should ship cars with 10kW-capable 240V plugs instead of just the wimpy 120V cords. An electrician can run the proper circuit out to your garage. In fact, that’s half the job in installing this farcical piece of hardware called a ‘home charging station’. And half the money for the job. So, yeah, cumulatively these are a giant waste of money siphoned from EV owners.