[ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Fast-charging-in-The-Netherlands-tp4672396.html Fast charging in The Netherlands From: Cor van de Water via EV Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 I received a link to a new company website who claim to bring fast charging throughout the country of The Netherlands: http://www.fastned.nl/en ]
Being a charging nut, I am interested in new EVSE. Looking at the URL Cor provided (above) ... [corrections & or comments are welcome] A BMW i3 EV is shown plugged in and charging on their main page. I am going to assume they only offer SAE-combo/ccs L3 quick EVSE (want CHAdeMO or Mennekes?> go elsewhere) http://www.fastned.nl/en/170733/Rates.html EUR.69pkWh or EUR100/mo EUR.69= US$.85 BMW i3 has a 22kWh pack L3 charging scenario: charge to 80%SOC, disconnect and go 80% of 22kWh from empty requires ~17.6kWh Cost: 17.6kWh * $0.85= ~US$15 Cost comparison @ U.S. Combo L3 EVSE rates (using plugshare): http://api.plugshare.com/view/location/38369 Reyes Station, CA, 94956 L3 is $0.89/kWh and uses Greenlots/Sunspeed ... $16.67 per session http://api.plugshare.com/view/location/51792 Nob Hill Foods Mountain View CA 94040 eVgo SAE Combo DCFC http://www.nrgevgo.com/san-francisco-bay-area/ Flex ($.20/min) 17.6kWh/50kWh-L3-EVSE * 60min, ~21min * US$.2 = $4.25 a session http://api.plugshare.com/view/location/20501 Woodbury Town Center Irvine, CA 92620 EVpump Quick Charge $5/session via credit card [*Note complaints found on plugshare about the eVgo SAE coupler: clip breaks off> unusable, coupler not seating> not-charging 'Stephen 5 days ago Someone broke the sae coupler clip again ... The charger will not work without the clip.' 'Rocco 6 days ago It gave me an error saying it could not lock the connector and I tries reconnecting three times with no luck. I tried two more times with the combo SAE and it finally worked.' ] Below are some newswires I found mentioning the company, the first is in English, the others are not but take a look at the images I linked. The curved look EVSE station reminds me of the whooshy futuristic U.S. gas-stations of the past: [images http://www.steelmasterusa.com/assets/uploads/heb-steel-gas-station-roof.JPG http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles2/a97037_64.jpg http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17m8pzo7mlngrjpg/original.jpg http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/b1/8f/2d/b18f2def1a4754fc186394e8d845889f.jpg http://www.cityofart.net/Googie%20Gas%20Station,%20Beverly%20Hills.JPG https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6030/5972437273_752002c543_z.jpg https://www.laconservancy.org/sites/default/files/styles/hero_partial/public/images/heroes/Union76Gas_MichaelLocke.JPG http://img.weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/alum-rock-gas-station.jpg http://pleasurephoto.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/enco-gas-station-palm-springs-california-by-albert-frey-1965.jpg ] http://www.nltimes.nl/2014/10/07/amsterdam-firm-bets-big-electric-car-fast-charging-stations/ AMSTERDAM FIRM BETS BIG ON ELECTRIC CAR FAST-CHARGING STATIONS Oct 7, 2014 [image http://www.nltimes.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/BzCalnkIQAAyKg8.jpg Picture: Twitter/@advandermeer ] The Dutch company FastNed is trying to make it possible for electric cars to charge along the highway within half an hour with so called fast-charging stations. After a hesitant start, everything is now moving quickly for FastNed. Every week the construction of a new station starts. And their pace is so high that every week a station is completed. This week the 13th station is ready – Knorrestein, along the A12 near Zoetermeer. The stations are very recognizable with yellow arches and a battery of solar panels that serve as a roof. FastNed promises that by the end of this year nationwide coverage will be in sight. FastNed was founded by Michiel Lagezaal and Bart Lubbers a few years ago. It is a small company with the feel of a start-up. They have eighteen people working at their headquarters in Amsterdam. Lubbers, the son of the former prime minister, compares the breakthrough of the electric car with the advent of digital cameras. “No one has photographic film anymore. So it will go with cars too. In time almost everyone will by driving electric and we are responding to that. We will become the new Shell.” FastNed still has a lack of money. “Roughly one third of the 400 thousand shares were sold to believers. These are people who believe in our company and our plans. Now it’s up to us to [convince] investors and find investors. We are working hard on it. We need 40 million euro.” [© nltimes.n] ... https://www.google.com/search?q=Fastned&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=GPtbVP-RJ5P9yQT2k4GoCg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAzgK images ... [in Norwegian] http://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/stadstreek/enkhuizen-westfriesland/article27198245.ece/Snellaadstation-bij-de-A7_ Snellaadstation bij de A7 Door Coen van der Luytgaarden - 10-10-2014 [image http://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/incoming/article27198241.ece/BINARY/w720/foto.JPG ] ... http://www.automobielmanagement.nl/nieuws/auto-milieu/nid20443-dure-kilowatturen-bij-fastned-.html Dure kilowatturen bij Fastned DEVENTER , 23 oktober 2014 [image http://www.automobielmanagement.nl/indeximages/artikelen_fotos_24938_215.jpg Ton Roks: "Ik kreeg een schok van de prijs van de groene energie bij Fastned." ] ... http://www.groningerkrant.nl/2014/10/fastned-opent-duurzaam-snellaadstation-gemeente-haren/ Fastned opent duurzaam snellaadstation in gemeente Haren [images http://www.groningerkrant.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fastned-2.jpg http://www.groningerkrant.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fastned-1.jpg ] ... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=whoosh For EVLN posts use: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html#nabble+template%2FNamlServlet.jtp%3Fmacro%3Dsearch_page%26node%3D413529%26query%3Devln+-re%26sort%3Ddate {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Fast-charging-in-The-Netherlands-tp4672396p4672519.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
