دانلود کتاب زیرساخت ایستگاه‌های شارژ خودروهای برقی از برنامه‌ریزی تا بهره‌برداری

To date, the vast majority of written material regarding electric vehicles (EV) and charge point infrastructure has been written for technical audiences, with recent examples [1,2] focusing primarily on emerging charge point standards and new technologies. This book does not follow this well-trodden path and views charge point infrastructure from a more ‘end-to-end’ perspective, providing an overview ranging from the process to determine where to deploy charge points all the way through to decommissioning. Throughout this, we analyse the different policies and strategies guiding the direction of travel and dive into different stakeholder perspectives. Furthermore, it places EV charge points within the broader context of the drive towards transport decarbonisation and net zero, recognising that this infrastructure is part of a transport evolution (or revolution depending on your perspective) which started with the rise of the motor car powered by an internal combustion engine (ICE) in the late nineteenth century. I have yet to find a book that covers the whole story. This is a key reason why I chose to write it. I also wanted to put pen to paper because I believe passionately in delivering net zero as this is the only way to undo the damage we have done to our planet over the past centuries. This is not just for my generation, but for future generations, including both my sons, the eldest who has recently turned 6, and the youngest, 3. To them, the climate they are experiencing now, with all of its erratic and unpredictable weather patterns, is all that they will know, unless of course, we can undo over the next 100 years the damage we have done by taking action now. The consequences of previous generations emitting excessive greenhouse gases will take decades to be reversed. Reversing this can only be achieved by making far-reaching and radical changes to the way we live our lives. In 2020, the United Nations published its development goals to ‘protect nature, tackle climate change, and take care of our planet’. Of the 12 goals, three specifically focus on transport. These are that we should all walk, bike or take public transport, switch to an EV and consider our travel in terms of whether to fly to a destination or holiday at home [3]. My eldest took the second to heart at an early age. When he was 2, he got the car keys, ventured to the car, pulled out the power cable then took it to the garden and tried to plug in his Little Tykes ride on car. Apart from possibly demonstrating irresponsible parenting by leaving car keys in reach, this shows that from an early age children learn from their parents and surroundings. I’ve owned or leased an EV for over 5 years and it is clear that my son has learnt that driving and charging one is entirely normal. He has not inherited any of the baggage of the ICE era or poisonous divisive narrative which has somehow found EVs at its heart [4]. To him EVs are not one option to get around by car; they are the only option. He has also started to understand the reasons for their adoption, saying cars with exhausts are ‘dirty’ and damage the environment with ‘smelly fumes’. He is indeed correct that EVs have zero tailpipe emissions and, if owned for over 3–4 years after buying new, reach carbon neutrality, though this is of course determined by miles driven [5]. After that point and every subsequent year, their carbon dioxide impact on the environment diminishes when compared with an ICE vehicle which will continue to produce tailpipe emissions throughout its lifespan. This is not to say that EVs do not produce any emissions. That is not true. EVs, like their ICE counterparts, produce particulate matter (measured as fine particles, known as PM2.5) from tyre and brake wear and tear, though the research is not clear as to how much greater or lesser this is than an ICE vehicle [6]. Recognising all of this, it is clear that from a net zero perspective, EVs are core to decarbonising private car travel, as is the charge point infrastructure that powers the vehicles.