charging electric cars in Barnsley

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    Four posts in a row and not a hint of irony.
     
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    There’s one at the new Lidl at Mapplewell
     
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    Must say, that's a pretty good post
     
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    This should ‘spark’ a heated debate that could go with a real bang RH! Ha ha!
     
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    I had a Renault Zoe and it was great. But I only had it for local journeys, which I reckon is main purpose of EVs. They recharge themselves under braking and going down hill. They’re built for stop start motoring. That said though, there should be no reason for you to be deterred from coming to town, charging, and going home.
    I live 1.7 miles from Oakwell and have a type 2 charger which you are welcome to use while you suffer at the well, if a T2 fits your car of course.
     
    Tonjytyke, Feb 15, 2020
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    So based on this I'd get home to Lincolnshire after a Saturday game at about 11 pm?
     
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    "Breaking News"

    BFC has just bought 4 chargers from lower league teams (surplus to requirements) - if they do well, they will sell them on next year
     
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    4 x 7kw vw pod point at Tesco Hoyland....just checked as I was there .....not a geek or owt :)
     
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    7kw is literally nothing.

    The Tesla ones I use are 150kw, some of them even go up to 250, but I've yet to find one of those in the UK.
     
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    @Robledo Take it to Toby Carvery on Dodworth Road. 43kW and can have some snap at same time.
     
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    What kind of charge would you get from a 7kw if you left it there for the entire match? So say 2pm to 5pm. 3 hours. Asking more or of curiosity than it being a serious suggestion for you
     
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    Thank you that is really kind of you. My car does have a type 2 connector. Perhaps I can contact you off line to see is something can be arranged. I will be up on Saturday, however as I have to go via Leicester to pick up one of my grandsons on the way, I will use his car from there.
     
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    Maybe 50 miles or so and it would cost you about £3.
     
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    I should point out that a 50 mile charge could end up being closer to 40 or even 30 miles, depending on the weather conditions, driving style etc.

    I think it would probably going to cost closer to £2.50 than £3 though, thinking about it.

    Off topic for this, but something very interesting that my car does is that if it knows it's on the way to a fast charger (and it will, because it will tell me to go there and plan my route accordingly) it starts to warm the battery up while you're driving there, in order to speed up the charge and let it accept the 150kw. Most people probably don't give a ****, but I love that sort of engineering.
     
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    No problem
     
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    Just as an observation 7Kw chargers are the ones you would normally fit to a private house to charge a car up overnight or maybe in office car parks so people can charge whist at work
    Whilst they are better than nothing I dont really see the point of them at a supermarket car park unless its somewhere you expect people to park up all day the charge you get whilst doing your shopping is barely worth the effort- the maths is fairly simple (though not strictly accurate) a 7Kw car charges your car 7 times slower than a 50Kw charger and 21 times slower than a 150Kw one - though I dont know if all cars can take 150Kw
     
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    My son has recently completed his PhD in Chemistry and his main project was in power storage. The particular technology was Flow Cells in which a fluid is pumped through a cell which when supplied with electrical power, the fluid is chemically converted into another fluid. This fluid is then stored for when power is needed and is then pumped back through the cell producing power and converting the fluid back to it's original state. I'm sure that this system could be adapted for vehicles - fluid A would be created from fluid B by driving and at the "petrol station" you would empty fluid A and refill with fluid B, meanwhile the "petrol station" would convert the tank of fluid A back to fluid B. Obviously people like my son and his colleagues will need to find the perfect chemical substances for the job.

    By the way, flow cells already exist and are used in power stations to match demand to supply, unfortunately they are the size of a house....
     
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    A variant on that is the Hydrogen fuel cell which to me looks a better prospect than battery electric cars especially as you fill them up at a pump in a few minutes
    You fill up with Hydrogen - car emits steam, "Petrol" station gets its hydrogen back from the water
    A few Hydrogen cars exist and last time I looked there were 13 fuel stations in the whole country so not viable yet unless you live near one
     
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