https://energytransition.org/2018/11/global-push-for-electric-vehicles-moves-forward-despite-us-chaos/ The Global Energiewende Tue, 11 Dec 2018 08:25:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://energytransition.org/2018/11/global-push-for-electric-vehicles-moves-forward-despite-us-chaos/#comment-8973 Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:48:57 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=18337#comment-8973 “Wu said that a government-appointed advisory panel has found that this level of penetration would require a staggering 80 million electric vehicle charging points [in China] by 2030.” In the US, a 120-V Level 1 domestic overnight garage charger costs about $500, a 240-V Level 2 one about $1,000. These are not shocking numbers, even for Chinese households, who presumably pay quite a lot less. The infrastructure issue is entirely about fast (>50 kw) chargers on highways for longer trips. These cost ten times as much, but the number needed is in the tens (possibly hundreds) of thousands, like gas stations, not the millions.

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