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fairly clear up to 10 car spaces, “above that it’s not really clear what’s going to be happening. Retrofit of course brings its own share of issues, in particular homes lacking off-street parking, but solutions are available such as underground charging points, and taking the feed from lamposts.
He says the new build challenges become more apparent when it comes to larger dwellings and larger developments where there may be multiple car parking spaces. He says that the “infrastructure needs to be put in place, for future proofing schemes. emperley adds that while he is aware that cable ducts and routes are being installed for future installations, “not a lot of (developers) are doing more than they need to at this stage.” He says that the actual commissioning of the charging points will be down to whoever is going to manage those facilities on completion, or once they are sold on. According to Temperley, the biggest issue is “who’s paying for the electricity,” where the installations are in the forms
of car parks rather than individual spaces for individual homes. In this scenario it tends to be the EV providers themselves, who already operate charging points in major car parks; he believes “you’re going to need an external company,” but says that this is “very much in its infancy.” The challenge is the problem in multi- occupancy of the allocation of points to the correct person, to avoid the scenario, says Temperley of: “my neighbour’s been parking in my spot and using my electricity meter, who’s paying for that?” Fortis is currently tendering for some larger developments in partnership with major electricity suppliers, after providing full ‘turnkey’ projects for a variety of housing schemes, building on its expertise in the commercial sector. A large amount of their work on domestic instals is burying and capping off cabling infrastructure for future charger installations. Will believes that in multi-occupancy projects, a charge point station will be required to charge per hour, with designated logins or cards. “People are
going to have to share systems, and ‘buddy’ systems are starting to come in.” The company is now looking at the realities of multi-occupancy homes and larger developments, as does the whole industry if we are to provide the EV infrastructure hoped for. The best- case scenario of battery storage and PV providing power for both the home and a vehicle may be some way off for such schemes, but the industry is developing practical solutions.
Despite the Government watering down several of its net zero goals, the zero-emission vehicle mandate means there remains a target for 80% of all new car sales to be electric by 2030. This means that developers, electricians and the EV industry generally need to get together now to discover best practice, and the Government needs to focus on increasing industry capacity to an unprecedented scale to deliver the installations.
Will Temperley is founder of Fortis Foundations
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