My Electric Avenue was a ground-breaking project that set-out to evaluate the likely effect on local electricity distribution networks of a future in which a high proportion of drivers opt for plug-in vehicles. Anthony Smith reports.
There can be little doubt that the market for electric
vehicles is beginning to gain significant momentum: early adopters are turning into repeat
customers, and the concept of relying upon personal transportation powered
largely or entirely by electricity rather than gasoline or diesel is becoming
increasingly mainstream.
In the UK, for example, approximately 48,000 plug-in vehicles were registered in 2015 compared with just 3500 two years earlier. Plug-in vehicles currently represent 1.7 percent of ...