Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

KitemanSA · Post by **KitemanSA** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:38 pm

I'll have to double check that, I was under the impression they used carbon fiber. If I find something definitive, I'll post it.

PS: That alternating permanent magnet I was talking about is called a Halbach array. I knew it would come to me eventually.

MSimon · Post by **MSimon** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:41 pm

Evidently the losses/costs are still to high for real energy storage. i.e. 24 hour load leveling.

MSimon · Post by **MSimon** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:45 pm

KitemanSA wrote:I'll have to double check that, I was under the impression they used carbon fiber. If I find something definitive, I'll post it.

PS: That alternating permanent magnet I was talking about is called a Halbach array. I knew it would come to me eventually. :D

If you had asked I could have told you.

Beacon uses carbon fiber. (see link in my previous comment) However the bearings are in part active which is going to make them lossy. Argonne (I think) was going to work on a very low loss mag bearing for storage but no one ever funded the research.

jmc · Post by **jmc** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:50 am

Here are the charging station which are already in th U.K.

http://www.ev-network.org.uk/

MSimon · Post by **MSimon** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:52 am

jmc wrote:Here are the charging station which are already in th U.K.

http://www.ev-network.org.uk/

I hope they don't get closed due to a lack of generating capacity.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthn ... hange.html

Helius · Post by **Helius** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 4:20 pm

MSimon wrote:
jmc wrote:Here are the charging station which are already in th U.K.

http://www.ev-network.org.uk/
I hope they don't get closed due to a lack of generating capacity.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthn ... hange.html

I fear that in the mind of the average shmoe, a single one or two of them there big windmills would cover it. After all, they *tower* over any rinky-dink power station.