Liability whilst charging Electric Car??

rs65

Clifford_Pope wrote: »

House insurance usually includes the garage?

That’s got nothing to do with the liability cover.

DevilsAdvocate1

I have an electric car and was told when I bought it that you should not buy one if you don't have off road parking. They said that you were not allowed to put cables over the pavement - so I think they may be breaking the law by causing a hazard.

EmmyLou30

What idiot buys an electric car if they haven't got a drive or garage!? I would personally report him to the council for causing an obstruction on the pavement. Might sound harsh to some who think we should mind our own business but would you say the same if your granny tripped and smashed her hip and then was housebound?

Sea_Shell

Better tell the government then...what was their big plan, no petrol/diesel cars by 2040!!

System

What proportion of households have off-road parking? It's apparently only 1/3 in London.

So therefore presumably all this hype about EVs and the future is not intended for the majority of the population, so the revolution will grind to a halt unless:

a) There will be charge points along every suburban road. As trailing cables along pavements is illegal, that will mean one charge point every 4 parked cars.
or b) employers will be compelled to provide charge points (off road of course)
or c) charging times at stations are reduced to 5 minutes as per petrol refuelling
or d) pre-charged battery packs can be exchanged at stations in minutes
or e) wireless charging anywhere is developed, and proved to be safe.

The obvious snag will be where do cars go after they have recharged, and someone else wants the charge point? Where do people queue for a charge point - in the road?
Will suburban charge points be personal, or will anyone be allowed to use them? Where do the residents park if the charge points are occupied? Where do people recharge if all the charging bays are occupied by residents' parking?

I don't get the feeling that there is any coordinated plan here. Is the EV revolution intended just for those with drives and garages?

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In Europe they just put charging posts all along the street. They can add them to street lights as well.

System

If we started with just one charger per street light, that's 5.6 million charging points.
The cheapest installation cost I can find is £100, so the minimum basic charging point provision for an all-EV UK is going to cost half a billion pounds.

How's that going to be paid for?

EdGasketTheSecond

The owner is leaving themselves open to an unlimited injury claim that I doubt any insurance is going to cover as what they are doing is illegal and the public footpath is outside their boundary.

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Clifford_Pope wrote: »

If we started with just one charger per street light, that's 5.6 million charging points.
The cheapest installation cost I can find is £100, so the minimum basic charging point provision for an all-EV UK is going to cost half a billion pounds.

How's that going to be paid for?

Well for a start many of those street lights are on motorways and A roads, so clearly are not going to have chargers on them.

But think about it for a moment. Those street lights didn't grow out of the ground like trees. And they cost much more than £100 each. Yet somehow they got there, and were paid for...

At the very least when they are replaced they should have chargers built in to the new ones. The extra cost compared to the street light and removal/installation is minimal.