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UK’s first ‘Electric Avenue’ unveiled in Westminster
Sutherland Avenue in London, which is over half a mile in length, has been
converted to include 24 lamppost EV charge points.
英国伦敦的Sutherland 大街长超过半英里，现在已经有24座路灯改装成可供电
动车充电用。
UK's first 'Electric Avenue' unveiled in Westminster
The UK’s first avenue that has been fully converted to cater for electric
vehicle (EV) charging has been unveiled by ubitricity, Westminster City
Council and Siemens.
Westminster 市议会与西门子公司共同为这英国首条已经完全转变为可供电动
车充电的街道揭幕。
The project, coined ‘Electric Avenue, W9’, has converted 24 lampposts into
EV charge points using existing city infrastructure. Residents can now charge
EVs at various locations along Sutherland Avenue in London, with a further
two adjoining roads due to be completed in the coming weeks.
该项目被称为“Electric Avenue, W9”，这是利用现有的城市基础设施将24座
路灯转换为EV充电点。现在，民众可以在Sutherland Avenue 各处为电动车充
电，另外未来几周内附近的两条道路的充电设施也即将完成。
The launch follows research conducted by Siemens that revealed over a third
(36 per cent) of British motorists planned to buy a hybrid or electric
vehicle as their next car, with two in five people (40 per cent) saying that
a lack of charging points stopped them from doing so sooner. Westminster has
seen a 40 per cent growth in EVs charged in the borough during 2019.
在此次之前，西门子公司进行了一项研究，发现有三分之一（36％）的英国驾
驶打算购买混合动力或电动车作为下一辆汽车，五分之二的人（40％）表示缺
乏充电地点使得他们延缓换车计划。而Westminster 从2019年后电动车数量增
加了40％。
Westminster City Council currently has more EV points than any UK local
authority, with a total of 296 lamp column charge points in the city, 24 of
which are located on ‘Electric Avenue, W9’. There are plans to reach 1,000
charge points across Westminster City Council within the next year, as it has
twice the number of locally registered EVs than any other inner London
borough, and the most among all the other London boroughs.
Westminster 目前拥有的电动车充电点超过英国任何地方，该市共有296个路灯
充电站，其中24个位于“Electric Avenue, W9”。Westminster 计划要在明年
扩张到1000座，因为在该地注册的电动车数量是伦敦其他行政区的两倍，也比
伦敦以外的任何一个行政区更多。
“We know that half of London’s air pollution is caused by road transport
and Westminster is a particularly busy area. While we cannot solve the
challenge of air quality overnight, ‘Electric Avenue W9’ is an important
showcase of what’s possible using existing city infrastructure. It
illustrates how residential streets will look in the near future, and
accelerates the shift to zero emission vehicles,” said Cedrik Neike, Member
of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and CEO of Siemens Smart Infrastructure.
“In a city that suffers from some of the worst air pollution in the country,
we need to be supporting the change to green technology as much as we can. ‘
Electric Avenue, W9’ gives us a glimpse into the future of streets in
Westminster, where we hope to provide the infrastructure needed for our
residents to make the switch to cleaner, greener transport,” said Cllr
Andrew Smith, Westminster City Council Cabinet Member for Environment &
Highways.
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英国伦敦与台湾都会区的电动车充电问题相当的类似甚至更为严重，私人停车
位稀少，车辆大多数是停放在路边停车格，当然也很难自己设置私人的充电设
施。
于是英国政府才有了这个将路灯改造成充电桩的想法，上面有插座，车子停在
路边时就能充电：
https://i.imgur.com/rLlE303.jpg
像这样利用现有路灯进行改造不仅可以解决户外的充电问题，也可以降低设置
充电设施的成本。