[ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/BMW-street-light-with-charge-plug-tp4672932.html On Fri, Dec 5, 2014, at 02:39 AM, Cor van de Water via EV wrote: > We just discussed this the other day: > Streetlights with charging plugs - what a concept! > https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/bmw-develops-street-lights-electric-car-charging-sockets-122553889--finance.html ]
[From http://www.evdl.org/evln/index.html#nabble-td4672704 posted Nov 20, 2014 ... http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/bmw-develops-street-lights-with-electric-car-charging-sockets/ BMW develops street lights with electric car-charging sockets Reuters 07 Nov 2014 by Edward Taylor. Editing by Jane Merriman BMW has developed street lights equipped with sockets to charge electric cars, it said on Friday, and will run a pilot project in Munich next year that uses existing local authority lighting networks. BMW said it has made two prototype “Light and Charge” street lights which combine efficient Light Emitting Diodes (LED) with the company’s ChargeNow recharging stations for electric cars. “Seamless charging infrastructure is essential if we want to see more electric vehicles on the road in our cities in the future,” Peter Schwarzenbauer, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, said. The Munich pilot will install the first charging lights, which can be grafted straight onto the existing local authority street lighting infrastructure, BMW said. These additional charging stations can be used by as many drivers as possible, regardless of vehicle model and electricity provider, BMW said. Two street lights are already installed in front of the BMW headquarters. Drivers will be able to pay to charge their cars via a mobile phone app ... But electric cars as a product category have struggled to gain widespread popularity due to their limited operating range, the scarcity of charging stations and the time it takes to recharge them ... In addition to developing street lighting, BMW has already invested into software and applications that help drivers of electric cars find a parking space and charging stations, including investments into Justpark.com and the SLAM charging network. BMW executives recently met with rival Tesla Motors to discuss the availability of electric vehicle charging stations ... - http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Utility-Pole-offers-EV-Charging-Boosts-Wi-Fi-Signals-tp4655549.html EVLN: Utility Pole offers EV Charging & Boosts Wi-Fi Signals ..., the electric vehicle charging stations are about 5 metres long and less than two metres wide, with an attached pole the same height as a street light. Telus expects to build all three by the end of the year, at an estimated cost of $1 million, including a $35,000 lease from the city for the space... Jun 10, 2012 http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/leaf-tp2552025p2768622.html leaf (Re: leaf, 100 mile range) The majority of street lights have an access panel at the bottom that is just the right size for a 3-prong outlet. Some of the street lights actually have a three-prong outlet on 'em, as do parking lot lights... Sep 30, 2010 http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Charging-plugs-at-work-tp453722p453725.html Charging plugs at work ... electrical inspector what is require and contact the street lighting department and/or power company about your installation. If the parking lot lights are service by the building owners and may be at a different voltage, you may have to have a separate feeders which may be underground ... Apr 01, 2009 ] For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html#nabble+template%2FNamlServlet.jtp%3Fmacro%3Dsearch_page%26node%3D413529%26query%3DEVLN%2Bbrucedp2%26days%3D0%26sort%3Ddate {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/BMW-street-light-with-charge-plug-tp4672932p4672935.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)
