Meralco unveils first commercial e-vehicle charging station in the Ph

[ghosthunter]

Yeah self serving. Plus they will just add the cost to the system loss we consumers pay. Probably the cost of the Tesla will also be added to the system loss. We wont notice cause its will probably be la very small amount added to the system loss charge. But with millions of Meralco customers, they will even make money on it.

We probably already paid for it.... remember that MERALCO recently required an "ADVANCED DEPOSIT" for it's subscribers? Given that, we already paid for the Tesla S, the fleet of e-jeepneys in the Meralco compound and the charging station in MERALCO (and the home charging station at Manny Pangalinan's home too).

[ghosthunter]

Ha, hopefully they allow vehicles in, since the charging station is located inside their compound. E-vehicles are easy to spot anyway...

... yeah, for the ten or less fully EV cars rolling in Metro Manila (ejeeps not counted).

....90% of that 10 EV cars are only FACTORY DEMO cars owned by car companies (not privately owned).

[uls]

haha a charging station

yeah the public has been demanding something like that for years

grabe dami electric cars tumitirik dahil walang charging station

[JohnM]

Chicken and egg kasi yan. Walang e-cars dahil walang charging station. Walang charging station dahil walang e-cars. CNG buses anyone?

Bantayan ko nga next bill ko baka may Tesla na line item na lang bigla

[uls]

pero unlike CNG vehicles pwede i-charge ang electric car bahay

so i think it's not the absence of charging stations that discourages people from buying electric cars

it could be price, driving distance...

[JohnM]

Yep pwede sa bahay pero slooooooow. Parang yung isang episode sa Top Gear na nag long distance sila using e-cars. Nanghihiram pa sila ng extension cord sa mga bahay at buong araw silang tumatambay

[badkuk]

Hmm, di ba pwede sa household outlet yung recharging? If not, it won't matter how fast those e-cars can go, the range will be limited by how many recharging stations there are.

What's more, both e-car and recharging station would be specially vulnerable to flooding -- i hope they grounded the recharging station real good.

Regarding the charging time: one solution would be to have a number of fully charged batteries on standby, then swap in/out na lang -- assuming it's that easy to do so. But even then, there'd be issues about who owns the battery, the quality of batteries being swapped in/out, who pays for when the battery conks out, etc.

[uls]

yung hybrid nga (prius) na walang problema sa charging di mabili dito ---- dahil sobra mahal

[JohnM]

Regarding the charging time: one solution would be to have a number of fully charged batteries on standby, then swap in/out na lang -- assuming it's that easy to do so. But even then, there'd be issues about who owns the battery, the quality of batteries being swapped in/out, who pays for when the battery conks out, etc.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/better-place/

“The goal was to make the switch of a battery faster than filling your tank,” Agassi told the audience, which included Denmark’s and Israel’s ambassadors to Japan. “We have seen this device work in under 40 seconds in our shop.”

yokohama battery switch - YouTube

[ghosthunter]

Chicken and egg kasi yan. Walang e-cars dahil walang charging station. Walang charging station dahil walang e-cars. CNG buses anyone?

Bantayan ko nga next bill ko baka may Tesla na line item na lang bigla

EV cars aren't as big as a problem as CNG vehicles. At worst, you can just have an extension cord attached to your EV-car so you can charge beyond a certified charging station. The benefit of a certified charging station is able to "fast charge" an EV car so you can get around 60 to 70% charge level in a couple of hours (instead of waiting 6 to 8 hours).

It is possible to recharge an EV-car at your home using house-hold plug. It just takes a long time to get a full charge if the car is near 0% charge level.