Forgive me if this has been covered before. I’m sure it must have been, but I couldn’t find anything.
How realistic and/ or costly would it be for Eurotunnel to provide EV chargers onboard their shuttles?
It just seems a bit of a wasted opportunity to spend 30 minutes at least (more when you account for the time spent stationary while other cars are loading and unloading) sitting there, with a tantalising 25,000 volts a couple of metres above you.
I have no idea what kind of power the trains draw. Nor how much spare capacity the overhead lines have. (Although I know the TGV lines get ‘juiced up’ in some way when they want to do a high speed run, so clearly there’s some extra room.)
A solution that allows one or two vehicles per train, or per carriage, would likely be very different from a solution that allows every car to plug in. I know there are chargers at the terminal, but charging while moving seems a much more efficient way of doing it!
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Second question - anyone with any experience of charging on ferries? I’ve seen reference to one of the P&O North Sea ships offering Commando sockets. And Irish Ferries to Dublin. Anything on the Channel crossings?
How realistic and/ or costly would it be for Eurotunnel to provide EV chargers onboard their shuttles?
It just seems a bit of a wasted opportunity to spend 30 minutes at least (more when you account for the time spent stationary while other cars are loading and unloading) sitting there, with a tantalising 25,000 volts a couple of metres above you.
I have no idea what kind of power the trains draw. Nor how much spare capacity the overhead lines have. (Although I know the TGV lines get ‘juiced up’ in some way when they want to do a high speed run, so clearly there’s some extra room.)
A solution that allows one or two vehicles per train, or per carriage, would likely be very different from a solution that allows every car to plug in. I know there are chargers at the terminal, but charging while moving seems a much more efficient way of doing it!
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Second question - anyone with any experience of charging on ferries? I’ve seen reference to one of the P&O North Sea ships offering Commando sockets. And Irish Ferries to Dublin. Anything on the Channel crossings?