Charging electric cars on Club sites.

Steve, just to put the matter straight you can't get a shock from an electric car (I wonder if the manufacturers think about safety?) and F1 drivers are usually instructed to jump free where possible.

Last night we were out in our EV, it didn't need a charge when we got home. 

"Steve, just to put the matter straight you can't get a shock from an electric car"

Possibly not quite correct.........

Here's the official advice to Emergency Services staff attending RTC's etc.......

http://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/electric-hybrid.htm

Very interesting thanks for that

Just thinking don't we live in cosy ignorance.  I can think of a dozen reasons why energy supply could/would be interrupted.  I guess a lot of us can remember lighting candles in the 1970's during the 3 day week.  So from security of supply (including terrorism) to Solar interference and everything in between I don't think anything there are any guarantees.

So far on this thread, only Conductive charging of EV's via cable has been discussed. 

There is another method currently being developed and tested called "Static Inductive charging" where you simply park your suitably equipped EV  over  the inductive charging point on the road/drive/car-park. There is no negative impact to the City-scape as all devices are hidden in the ground. 

A follow on from that, would obviously be "Dynamic Inductive En-Route charging", but that would involve considerable investment. 

The future of personal and commercial transport is certainly very interesting.  

K 

Then there's getting them all together in one big parking lot, a central mast with fanned out conductors and wait for a lightening strike. Only take a few seconds from empty to full charge. 

Called 'Lightening Inductive charge'

How much does it cost to join the flat earth society...is it less than CAMC...? 

I think the club are ahead on this allowing charging on site, they appear to have worked out it can be done.

It is possible that we are facing a disruptive change in the transport market. Put together electric cars, driverless cars and a successor to the Uber technology alongside the increase in leasing rather than owning cars and you have an interesting future (albeit maybe a distant one).

Why would anyone want to own a car when parking on modern estates is impossible and the majority of cars are only used a tiny percentage of the day? Just call a car to pick you up and take you where you want to go. If that happens to be beyond the range of a single charge the system can arrange for another car to meet and take you on the next leg - no waiting for recharging. 

Peek times such as rush hour could be an issue BUT the system could allow for car share with optimum routing.

Interesting times ahead.

Very interesting, thank you.

650 volts DC is certainly something to avoid contact with. Hopefully, emergency service training is keeping up with the technology.