In the endless debate on the electric car, the real mystery concerns the fact that no one has ever asked themselves the problem of putting a damned roof over the columns. A small shelter for the rain, for bird poop, for more general dirt. Nothing. All charging infrastructure managers do this. They plant a totem on the asphalt and amen.
Yet, it doesn't take a genius to understand that the charging stations can get dirty with bird poop or that when it rains you can't have an umbrella in your hand while you have to fiddle with charging cables and doors (and if you don't use the App even with cards of credit). And, what's more, there was no need to invent anything because in the history of the car all service stations have always had the famous “shelters” which some of the oil giants then even used as icons, having them designed by famous architects. It was enough to copy, there was nothing to invent.
But no, not a single column has a shred of roofing. And the matter appears mysterious because then if you look at it, every infrastructure manager has spent big bucks to create charging points with a modern design, they have studied for a long time the lights that the columns must emit, they have even designed the graphic interface. But don't even talk about sheds.
The first thing that comes to mind is that those who do the charging stations don't use an electric car. By force. Otherwise the matter cannot be explained. Paolo Cantarella, when he was CEO of Fiat, forced all the managers of the team that was designing the Barchetta to always use a Duetto. “You have to go there on holiday, to pick up your children from school – he said – to do the shopping. You need to understand how customers think. And the first person I catch using another car I'll fire.”
The manager was right: it is use that leads to the creation of a functional object. But there is another clear proof of the fact that whoever designed the columns does not use an electric car: in addition to the shelters, here there is no hook on which to hang the cable to prevent it from rubbing on the ground, with the danger of dogs pee on it. And it is no coincidence that many customers, to avoid dirtying the charging cable, wrap it several times around the door (obviously risking breaking it).
Among other things, a small shed would also save money for the infrastructure manager who, obviously, today has to worry about keeping the charging point clean with an assistance system. Of course, the photos you see here are an extreme case, but flocks of birds exist. And then, in this case, the cost to clean the column will probably be equal to that of a new installation…
But there's more: someone should explain to me how filling up your car while literally putting your hands in shit can be considered a premium experience. Or handling a cable that has been on the ground for hours at the mercy of the dogs' needs. Can you imagine someone getting out of a 180,000 euro Mercedes EQS Amg or an Audi e-Tron who pulls up to the dirty charging station and recharges his precious car? I just can't.
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