Differentiate and Enforce Car Club-Exclusive Electric Vehicle Charging Bays to Prevent Competition and Confusion.
United Kingdom’s Electric Vehicle Charging Platform Provided General Procurement Guidance for Electric Vehicle Charge Points.
Date Posted
11/29/2024
Nationwide, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Identifier
2024-L01245
Making the Right Connections: General Procurement Guidance for Electric Vehicle Charge Points
Summary Information
The Electric Vehicle (EV) market has expanded significantly in recent years. Many organizations and private companies are now seeking to install EV charging stations for their employees, visitors, and residents who own EVs. This study summarized the processes and procedures involved when procuring EV charge points in the United Kingdom, and provided recommendations including equipment considerations, location choice, planning, power supplies, servicing and maintenance, and revenue opportunities.
- Designate and enforce car club-exclusive electric vehicle charging bays to prevent competition and confusion. This study suggested using distinct markings, colors, and signage to clearly designate car club-exclusive EV charging bays and enforce restrictions to prevent misuse by private EV owners.
- Customize charger mounting depending on the type of location for better efficiency. This study recommended that wall mounted fast charge points were better installed either at home or at a workplace where access to the location was controlled. Floor mounted variants were typically recommended for car park or on-street locations.
- Remember to provide proper hardware to support ultra-rapid charge points. This study mentioned that installing ultra-rapid charging would typically require a new or uprated transformer, housing for the power electronics (AC to DC converter and power conditioning) and room for the charge points themselves.
- Set up a communication network to manage charge points. This study strongly urged the stakeholders to maintain a database of all charge points and users of the EV charging network, monitoring the status of the charging equipment, activating and terminating charging events, initiating transactions, and collecting usage data.
- Prioritize sites with existing power supply when scouting location for an EV charge point to reduce costs. This study emphasized that availability of an existing power supply with sufficient spare capacity for a planned charge point would reduce the installation cost.
- Inform the public about newly installed charge points to generate “traffic.” The study suggested that it was important to publicize ad market the new charging sites through awareness campaigns or employee engagements, to attract users.
Making the Right Connections: General Procurement Guidance for Electric Vehicle Charge Points
Making the Right Connections: General Procurement Guidance for Electric Vehicle Charge Points
Source Publication Date
01/01/2019
Publisher
Prepared by Cenex for United Kingdom Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Association
Taxonomy (ARC-IT)
Sustainable Travel »
Electric Charging Stations Management (ST05)
System Engineering Elements
