Poor design:-
Ultra fast EV charging stations (where 15 minutes or less is a typical stay for vehicles able to use the 350kW rate) that aren’t using the “drive through” design,
but are instead using the old-EV park in a NARROW bay (nose in or back in) that is immediately adjacent to the next bay (or a wall).
Thus preventing people with disabilities from charging their EV here.
Compare this to the drive through design that other refuelling stops have evolved - drive in forwards & drive out forwards, bi-directional, plenty of space to the side for the disabled driver (or the vehicle with wide doors), caters for charge points regardless of which side or end they are located on various types of vehicle.
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Many good points there @vombatis. As for pulling in and out as it it were a car park, I can understand that if there were not multiple charging points lined up behind one another so that would be a differentiator for me. Your comments about disability access are spot on.
The next step might be a contactless charging per many newer electrical/electronic devices. Drive over it and it charges the vehicle not the life forms.
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Accessibility is something we have laws, regulations, and standards about these days.
Most carparking spaces are 90 degree (nose in or tail in to the kerb, wall, etc), so width of the space is of prime importance (along with any “shared space” between carparking spots).
Where OFF-STREET car parking spots are being used for public/customer EV charging (free or fee) do the Premises Standards, AS/NZS 2890.6-2009, etc apply with respect to carpark space dimensions? shopping centre carparks, “comfort stop” carparks of complexes containing food, toilets, tourist information, etc
Where ON-STREET car parking spots are being used for public EV charging (free or fee) do AS 2890.5 1993, national Road Rules and MUTCD rules with respect to carparking space dimensions?
