UK’s first EV rapid charging station in Sunderland
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hypersonic
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Well done indeed, however I find it annoying that people always mention how 'clean' EVs are; they've just moved the pollution somewhere else.
Good photo.
There’s currently a huge shift toward energy from renewables which is coincidental to a migration from fossil fuelled vehicles to EV. Yes, in the short term, it’s just moving the problem.
Dave Herbal
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How long does a rapid charge take?
West_Winger
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And the UK doesn’t have the capacity to charge electric vehicles if demand keeps increasing at the current rate.
MackneyHackem
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20 years.
ajthemackem
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Probably qualify for an EU subsidy to he... Oh.
20 to 40 minutes according to a quick Google.
Yes, that's part of the rationale.
No form of powered transport is entirely without environmental impact but some are much less damaging than others.
The most immediate problem in built up areas is the effect of diesel emissions on air quality and anything that can improve that is a good thing.
ajthemackem
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And presumably having the pollution centralised makes it easier to contain and/or filter?
That bit about the council saying it's committed to reducing vehicle emissions did make me laugh. There was news a few weeks ago that they're about to start building a massive new road.
ajthemackem
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Because electric cars can fly, or..?
hypersonic
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This is where the real clean energy is.
However, realistically, the national grid will need a massive overhaul to cope with the change in power generation/usage plus the massive increase in demand that will come if there's a large scale uptake of EVs.
I'm no authority on energy production but yes I think that's the basic idea. Add to that the increase in energy from renewables and EVs are a major step forward.
I've been banging on about this for years but the priority is to clean up air quality, as kids' lungs are particularly vulnerable to this type of pollution - CO2 emissions, a longer term problem, can be addressed later.
Mackem00
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We are still gonna need roads and that tbf.
That's one way you could look at it.
The other way is that the council are trying to improve the air quality in the city centre by encouraging the use of electric vehicles.
Well, we have an electric car and also an energy deal that's 100% renewable electricity so shove that in ya exhaust pipe
You do realise that’s not entirely possible?
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