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\"ANaysayers claim electric vehicles simply won’t work at scale in a country like Australia. Yet there are countries with far more unfavourable conditions for EVs that are leading the way.<\/p>\n

Plug In And Power On<\/h2>\n

If you talk to people in Canada & Norway, they have been plugging cars in since forever, because they simply must.<\/p>\n

At low temperatures oil thickens & makes engines hard to start. When it\u2019s well below zero the coolant in a combustion engine can freeze and literally tear the engine block apart.<\/p>\n

\"cracked

Circled in red are cracks in an engine block caused by freezing. A small heating element prevents this irreparable damage.<\/p><\/div>\n

To prevent catastrophic freeze damage, they run a heating element inside the engine, which is plugged into mains power provided by the businesses that want both patronage; and their staff to turn up.<\/p>\n

\"Alaskan

Supermarkets arguably cater for car charging in Alaska already.<\/p><\/div>\n

Frozen car parks are full of these pillars. While some are paid for by parking subscription, culturally they’re just an accepted norm and those who try to avoid this social obligation can find themselves without friends, customers or workers.<\/p>\n

\"car

Thanks go to Randy<\/a> for explaining in the comments section recently how providing power is part of the social contract in Canada.<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s Not All Apple Pie<\/h2>\n

To give you an idea of the energy involved, the North Americans face a structural obstacle to EV rollouts because their basic power sockets are only rated to deliver 10Amps at 110Vac or 1.1kW at most.<\/p>\n

\"car

Outrageously American, put a B&W filter on a stock image and it’s “fine art”.<\/p><\/div>\n

Engine warmers use more power than an aquarium heater, but low mains voltage is also the reason the 110V peasants<\/del> yanks like drip feed coffee; their kettles are too slow.<\/p>\n

Using 230VAC, civilised countries can deliver twice as much power, so for Australia it’s pretty easy to get 2kW out of the wall with 10% headroom in the standard 10Amp power point rating, so we’re winning there.<\/p>\n

\"car

Plus or minus 40 degrees yeah?<\/p><\/div>\n

So What About Australia?<\/h2>\n

Fortunately in Australia we don’t have to grapple with catastrophic freeze damage or low mains voltage.<\/p>\n

Our main challenge, as I outlined recently<\/a>, is to make it easier for people to charge during the day, so we can make the most of all the excess solar energy being generated.<\/p>\n

Multiple studies have found more than half of home charging is done using a standard power point, and its these we need to roll out more of in work carparks.<\/p>\n

\"EV

This must become a perfectly normal sight, but for safety’s sake, there should be a hook or shelf to prevent the EVSE “brick” hanging on the plug.<\/p><\/div>\n

In my lived experience, the greatest thing about “granny chargers” is they’re reliably simple and simply reliable. There’s no app, no RFID card, no platform outages, no car software issues or support calls required. You just plug it in and it works.<\/p>\n

\"Industrial

Screwed collar pugs are a much better idea. They will accept extra heavy duty, high current capacity cable and they can’t be accidentally withdrawn.<\/p><\/div>\n

To ensure EVs are charging during the day we should have power available to every car park<\/a>, just like the cold countries already do, as well as Hong Kong.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ideally we want both a standard outlet and the more robust type 2 EV charging socket for redundancy. Not everybody will have both, but having options is priceless.<\/p>\n

Hit Your Boss Up<\/h2>\n

If you’re driving a company car, then it comes with a company fuel card doesn’t it? Company power points<\/a> are a natural extension that can eliminate anxiety about range. Even without a company car, the utility of leaving work with a full tank of fuel means a great deal more to morale than any pizza party.<\/a><\/p>\n

Make The Most Of Happy Hours<\/h2>\n

With her Plug in Hybrid EV taken for repairs, my wife was given a conventional loan car; and she was heartbroken. After years of partial EV motoring, never before had she repeatedly spent $90 at the petrol station.<\/p>\n

With retail plans offering free happy hours<\/a> around the middle of the day, daycharging becomes an economic imperative. In fact, for limited time windows a proper 3 phase charger<\/a> makes even better sense to gather free electrons while they’re available.<\/p>\n

For more on the benefits on EV charging during the day to the grid, read Anthony’s deep-dive explainer<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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