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    Quote Originally Posted by 100LL:
    I am not so sure if a mother of 2 without car or drivers license would agree with you... not every new home buyer wants to pay for a Tesla supercharger....
    It is not a Tesla supercharger, it is fast wall connectors for homes (the cars have the changer inbuilt), as opposed to a standard 13A socket as such.
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    Quote Originally Posted by emx:
    It is not a Tesla supercharger, it is fast wall connectors for homes (the cars have the changer inbuilt), as opposed to a standard 13A socket as such.
    will it also handle 120v appliances ? ( without stepdown transformer)

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    Why should it? The EU doesn't use 110V.

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    Quote Originally Posted by emx:
    It is not a Tesla supercharger, it is fast wall connectors for homes (the cars have the changer inbuilt), as opposed to a standard 13A socket as such.
    The same folks who came up with this (draft) EU directive stated that the costs are estimated to be up to 75,000 Euro per station. So not exactly cheap or comparable with a 13A socket that is available in Sham Shui Po for HK$20.

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    Isn't this about enforcing the ability to fit a home charge / store / feed-in facility rather than actually fitting them?

    The potential huge benefit for mass adoption of intelligent home charging is the ability of societies electric cars to act as additional power supplies at peak times.

    At the moment power generation and distribution make up a significant proportion of the cost of electricity and it is built with lots of capacity for a few hours of peak demand.

    Electric car owners will usually have a huge battery parked in their garage that should be used to alleviate peak demand issues. If pricing was more dynamic the owners of these batteries should be able to sell capacity back to the grid and use it in their own home.



    There is a trial in Australia looking to see how the socialised use of local battery storage can benefit everyone (lower electricity bills)

    http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/...australia.html

    It seems sensible to ensure homes with covered car parking are equipped with the ability to fit a charge / store / feed-in facility .

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    Not everyone that thinks that electric cars are better wants a Tesla.
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