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This EV Charger Doesn’t Need a Grid Connection or Digging to Install
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And then it’s always empty because it’s trying to slowly charge from an outlet while putting out massive power to cars.
The place I see this makes the most sense is national parks.
It’s very hard to get a permit to add DCFCs, but this would require just plugging the charger into 240V.
So… to be That Guy again… building a battery into a fast charger to buffer the load on smaller grid connections isn’t a new idea. Tesla’s had battery-backed superchargers deployed in some areas for a few years now.
Great idea! I’ll take two please!
I wonder if these boosters can make financially sense in a lot of places. Currently a big cost of building a new charging location is the grid connection. You need a transformer and the connection to the grid itself. If you can skip this step completely it would mean that you have to pay more for the booster, but save a lot of money on the grid connection. If it isn’t a super popular charging station a 22kW grid connection could be enough and a 22kW connection is really cheap to do
Headline: This EV Charger Doesn’t Need a New Grid Connection or Digging to Install
Artice: it only needs a solid foundation and an existing grid connection.
Using a battery to smooth out the load is great, but I’m not sure there’s a single application where this no digging and no upgraded grid connection retrofit is actually possible. A gas pump has a 30 amp breaker and less than 10 amp load, and an ordinary gas station with a convenience store uses most of its 200 amp service in the store to keep people and stuff at the desired temperature.