Why charge cars? They should do this anyway to run the lights
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Subject: [EVDL] EVLN: pavegen.com tiles charge EV from human foot traffic (v)
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/can-you-charge-a-tesla-model-s-through-footsteps-apparently-yes-video-96736.html
Can You Charge a Tesla Model S Through Footsteps? Apparently, Yes - Video
by Tudor Rus 16th June 2015
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPS-z6_pjDI
People Powered Tesla
Pavegen Jun 9, 2015
Pavegen generates energy from footsteps, each time someone walks over the
tile up to 7 watts (7 Joules) of energy is generated.
We used our Pavegen technology to harness the footfall of a busy street to
charge a Tesla car battery, creating an off grid energy harvesting solution!
Taking into consideration a number of footfall assumptions and the EPA rate
for a Tesla at 382 Watt Hours per Mile. The system works and the Pavegen
tiles were used to charge the vehicle however several hundred thousand steps
are required to allow the vehicle to drive for 20 minutes on London's
Streets.
If the footsteps were used from one of London's busiest shopping locations:
Oxford Street, enough energy would be generated from a day of people walking
to drive a car 953 miles. All the way from London to Barcelona and further!
Pavegen are currently raising investment on Crowdcube, you can invest as
little as £10. See link here:
https://www.crowdcube.com/investment/pavegen-19189
#investaware
]
Everybody just stop what you are doing right now and hear us out. No, in
fact, please start walking more because your footsteps will help charge EVs
in the future. And not just any EVs, we're referring to Tesla's Model S
sedan. That is, if Pavegen proves a successful product.
Too many variables, right? Well, let's take one thing at a time and shake
off the confusion. First in line, the gimmicks behind Pavegen tiles.
Pavegen is a 'clean tech' company established in London, UK. They develop
and manufacture flooring technology that converts the wasted kinetic energy
from footsteps into renewable electricity. That being said, it's worth
noting the company believes their product can change future smart cities by
providing a low-carbon energy contribution.
But we're interested in how will this apply to EV charging methods, so
we'll focus on a recent video posted by Pavegen on YouTube. The whole clip
is an experiment trying to see if people walking on a busy street can charge
the battery of a Tesla Model S by taking into consideration a number of
'footfall assumptions' and the EPA rate for a Tesla, set at 382 Watt-hours
per Mile.
According to the video's description, the system works. However, several
hundred thousand steps are required to allow the vehicle to drive for 20
minutes on London's streets, considering each Pavegen tile generates up to 7
watts at 12 volts DC whenever someone walks on it.
Lastly, the company's conclusion was that "if the footsteps were used from
one of London's busiest shopping locations: Oxford Street, enough energy
would be generated from a day of people walking to drive a car 953 miles".
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