New e-vecicle charging points on Townley Road

[Nigello]

There are about six or seven dedicated parking spots/charging points. Is it for the teachers, perhaps, or is there a large number of e-vehicles in that part of SE22?

[mikeb]

I think it's one way of reducing parking spaces available for pupils / teachers without there being the same criticism as if these were replaced by residents or yellow lines

[nxjen]

Nigello Wrote:

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> There are about six or seven dedicated parking

> spots/charging points. Is it for the teachers,

> perhaps, or is there a large number of e-vehicles

> in that part of SE22?

Perhaps it's a case of it they build it they will come

[Nigello]

It is a better idea than having lamp posts that double as charging points but with no dedicated -vehicle bay next to them, which means that anyone can park, thus depriving the e-thirsty leccy car of a power source. (There are a few of these raound SE22.)

[herne hilly]

what will the restrictions be on them, the new bays i have seen in se24 are 4 hr max stay so fairly useless if you are a teacher or commuter, as you would have to move after this time. And if roads are going to have parking restrictions anyway, i can't see people flocking to use them.

[bob]

Where will the coaches park now Bob S

[edbloke]

I?ve noticed those charging points and wondered the logic of positioning a cluster of them together on what must be the least populated street in se22...

I guess it?s cheaper to install them in groups but one charging point on different streets in the area, each with a dedicated parking space, would surely benefit more residents and the environment.

[nxjen]

It makes sense installing a cluster of them there as because there are relatively few residents in the road there is less call for ordinary parking spaces.

[TheArtfulDogger]

The cynic in me says they are for health workers vehicles from the townley road clinic

If my assumption is right residents won't be able to use them as council vehicles will be hooked up to them over night

Just a wild guess mind 🤔

[nxjen]

Townley Road Clinic isn?t Council run and in any case wouldn?t those who work at the clinic need their cars to get home rather than leaving them charging at their place of work overnight? Anyone who leaves a non electric car in a charging bay or even an electric car that is not charging is liable to a ticket.

[mikeb]

Not sure how cheap these were to install: they needed to dig up the road to reach the power cables on the other side of the road

[Earl Aelfheah]

edbloke Wrote:

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> I?ve noticed those charging points and wondered

> the logic of positioning a cluster of them

> together on what must be the least populated

> street in se22...

> I guess it?s cheaper to install them in groups but

> one charging point on different streets in the

> area, each with a dedicated parking space, would

> surely benefit more residents and the environment.

^This. Call me a cynic, but it seems a bit of a tick box (i.e. "we've installed X number of new charging points"). No one is going to park any significant distance from their home and so it would make much more sense to spread them across a number of streets.

[spider69]

nxjen Wrote:

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> Townley Road Clinic isn?t Council run and in any

> case wouldn?t those who work at the clinic need

> their cars to get home rather than leaving them

> charging at their place of work overnight? Anyone

> who leaves a non electric car in a charging bay or

> even an electric car that is not charging is

> liable to a ticket.

I suspect this is closer to the truth.

[Asset]

Do e-vehicles pay to charge at these places?

[GrahamP]

I pass there quite often and see they are now lit up and, I assume, ready for use.

Has anyone seen them actually being used yet?

[Tara]

I used one last night. Great to have some reliable charging points with dedicated parking. I ?filled up? for ?10

[herne hilly]

the 5 installed around us are never all in use, the most i have seen is 2 out of the 5 being used.

i believe you have to pay a membership also ?

how much running around the local area will that ?10 last for?

[Tara]

You can join for a tenner to get a cheaper rate but can also pay as you go too. In my e-golf a full charge will do about 125 miles in summer , around 100 in winter with the heating on

[Townleygreen]

Running costs, in terms of fuel or electricity, are far cheaper using an EV.

Some of the latest can do over 250 miles on a charge.

[herne hilly]

but you do need the intial funds to buy an EV.

think the cheapest ev on the market is ?8k and the egolf is ?21k

[Townleygreen]

there are some great ones used though

[hammerman]

I noticed there were some five or six covered up funny station things on Elmwood Road, SE24 over a month ago when driving through Red Post Hill. They had a white plastic cover up on them for weeks and guessed they were e-points but had no news of these appearing in the local area.

[herne hilly]

hammerman Wrote:

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> I noticed there were some five or six covered up

> funny station things on Elmwood Road, SE24 over a

> month ago when driving through Red Post Hill.

> They had a white plastic cover up on them for

> weeks and guessed they were e-points but had no

> news of these appearing in the local area.

Its true they were covered for about a month but they are now live and working.

they are from https://www.sourcelondon.net/

here are the prices for those interested https://www.sourcelondon.net/rates

its been very noticeable in terms of parking, removing about 20 metres of parking has made it much harder to park in daytime hours.

[Earl Aelfheah]

I walk that way regularly and am yet to see any of them in use.

Glad that they're part of a private scheme and not tax payer funded (i would hope council ones would be more sensibly distributed).

[sally buying]

Do these people pay Southwark to take away parking from residents?

Is this yet another cash raising exercise slipping in under the radar?