Sign'o'th (greener) times

[sbisson]

Charge my car
Originally uploaded by sbisson.

An electric car charging station on a London street.

Spotted originally with a small vehicle actually plugged in - and with what appeared to be an official photographer at work, snapping away while the car was disconnected.

I suspect that it's a fairly recent installation...

Covent Garden, London
March 2007

Comments

Re: fast charger then...

[marypcb.livejournal.com]

some chargers show green; some turn the light off; some make it flash. the colour codes are horribly confused.

this comes out of what I'd want to call the National Grid. It's a great big wall socket. So the power comes from wherever power comes from overall... no wind turbines in Covent Garden and no more idling than any other socket AFAICT

Re: fast charger then...

[tanais.livejournal.com]

That light when not used requires power no matter how miniscule. Plus there might be various traffos inside away (presumably 110VAC to 24VDC) which might have a draw when idling.

The assumption it is greener because it doesn't burn diesel/petrol is a bit lame if the energy came from a traditional non green source.

Is this a standard power interface BTW? Will we see other vehicles using this or is it just for a few select designs or council vehicles?