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We've seen a bunch curbside chargers that enable apartment dwellers to join the electric revolution without having to always top up away from home, but the one from Rheinmetall AG is about the least obtrusive. The street-level charger replaces concrete curbs with a Level 2 charge point.

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[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (5 children)

I'd love to know how they addressed water ingress and people driving over them.

[–] boke@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Also wondering how accumulated snow would be handled. Where I live at least, it would be impossible to use them for around 4 months a year.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That too. By me, we can get 8-16" overnight a few times in winter and those caps would be frozen closed with ice. Most of the time the snow stays on the curbs for weeks or months. Maybe the internal heater mentioned can keep it from freezing closed, but the water and salt does some damage on everything.

They say they tested in the Cologne area, which is pretty light in snowfall AFAIK.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago

A lot of Europe experiences very little snow, so they certainly have a market. I agree this wouldn't work in Quebec.

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