On 5 Dec 2014 at 7:32, brucedp5 via EV wrote: > BMW said it has made two prototype "Light and Charge" street lights which > combine efficient Light Emitting Diodes (LED) with the company's ChargeNow > recharging stations for electric cars.
My goodness, what a creative name! :-\ I would guess that the key to this is that the LED replaces some less efficient form of lighting, with the hope that the lower power use will allow for some (perhaps limited) amount of (perhaps limited power) EV charging without a need to fit larger feed wiring to the streetlights. Perhaps they also expect that most charging will be done in the daylight hours. All this is conjecture on my part, however. The news piece doesn't go into that kind of detail. Presumably the reporter wasn't curious enough (or sufficiently educated in energy conservation matters) to inquire. > Drivers will be able to pay to charge their cars via a mobile phone > app ... And pay, and pay, and pay. Of course. :-( > But electric cars as a product category have struggled to gain > widespread popularity due to their limited operating range, the > scarcity of charging stations and the time it takes to recharge them > ... Now that's just a flat-out cheap shot. Completely extraneous to the piece. I'd call that anti-EV bias. That reporter's editor should show him the door. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
