[LINK] All German petrol stations must offer electric car charging

[Tom Worthington]

On 5/6/20 7:19 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote:

> FRANKFURT, June 4 (Reuters) - Germany said it will oblige all petrol stations to offer electric car charging ...

Unless car charging can be got down to a few minutes, it doesn't make 
sense to have it at "service stations".

If it takes 30 minutes to charge the car, what are you going to do while 
waiting? Also a service station only has room for a small number of cars.

It would make more sense to have charging at places people leave their 
cars for long periods, such as car share parking spaces, apartment 
parking, shopping centers and public car parks.

What might be interesting, and on topic for the Link list, is how to use 
the Internet to make maximum use of shared charging infrastructure. You 
might book a charger online, be alerted when your car is charged and 
need to move it, to avoid an additional fee. This could also be used to 
encourage people to charge cars at the noon peak, when solar power is cheap.


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