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Ubitricity | Fully Charged

Everything Electric CARS · 189.5K views · 2017-06-16 · 6:58

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Overview

A Fully Charged episode on Ubitricity, a German company that turns ordinary street lamp posts into roughly 5 kW overnight EV charge points, with a locking cable and managed billing.

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HN points to it as the real-world example for the garage orphan problem, meaning EV owners with no home charger.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2019–2025

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throw0101d · 2025-11 · Reference

Robert Llewellyn (previously of Red Dwarf fame) covered this idea eight years ago (July 2017) on his 'electrify' channel: > The simple and very commonplace lamp post will soon become a ubiquitous charge point for electric cars. They charge at about 5 kW, or 16 amps, not super fast but overnight charging is all most drivers need. Ubitricity is a German based company who've come up with a simple, cheap to install and well managed system for more people on more streets to adopt electric cars. * [VIDEO] See also pop-up chargers from six years ago: * [LINK]

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throw0101a · 2021-11 · Reference

Fully Charged , based out of the UK, had episodes on street lamp plugs, and pop-up chargers: * [VIDEO] * [LINK] Each area/street will probably have to examined individually to find the right solution for it.

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throw0101a · 2021-01 · Reference

> The number of people in the UK and Ireland that have to park overnight on the street is way too high to start banning ICE vehicles within the next decade. You're not wrong (and I too am a "garage orphan"—neither a garage or even a driveway), but there are some options being developed. The YT channel Fully Charged featured two a while back: * Street lamps: [VIDEO] * Pop-up charger: [LINK] I'm a bit skeptical.

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