Re:The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030
by Arcanum-XIII on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:10PM
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There’s none in the Brussel area of Belgium. In fact, we’re stuck for the foreseeable future to a grid at 3x220 (nearly the only one in the world) because it’s too costly to update the network, cabin and so on.
We’re speaking about industrial level of power delivery to charge all those EV. Things need to change at a huge scale and the operator are not ready for that.
Source ? I discussed that with my operator for high power need - their answer was to move elsewhere.
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Re:The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030
by SECProto on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:32PM
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I was curious about the "grid at 3x220" mention so I did some research. Couldn't find what you meant by this, but did find a page from the electric utility in Brussels explicitly saying there are no problems or work required by the EV conversion plans by 2030.
https://www.sibelga.be/en/about-sibelga/projects-challenges/...
Re:The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030
by martijnvds on Saturday May 06, 2023 @02:54PM
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Parts of Belgium have 3 phase power with 220V between phases, and no neutral. And protective earth of course.
The rest of Europe has 230V, 3 phases + neutral, with 400V between phases.