EV chargers helping the environment

EV chargers helping the environment

Vector’s electric vehicle charging stations continue to be used regularly. Since we began installing chargers in November 2015, we have served 21.82 MWh of electricity, potentially saving as much as 29,000 kilograms of CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere[1].

Here are the stats for the past week.

Weekly Rapid Charger Totals

The busiest station this week was Newmarket with 85 charges.

Average Number of charging sessions this week.

32.42 Sessions

Average Length of charging session this week.

22.21 Minutes

Megawatt hours consumed this week

1.30 Mwh

[1] The average electric car can drive 5,754 km on every MWh of electricity served. And on average, an average medium sized petrol car emits 0.231kg CO2 emissions per km.

Network summary for week ending 3 July 2016

Electricity

Another very busy week for Vector crews with house/building fires. They were asked to attend seven incidents in Mt Eden, Mangere, Mellons Bay, Manukau, Otara, Papatoetoe and Glen Eden.

Car vs pole incidents were again a feature last week – there were seven incidents that took place in Avondale, Mt Albert, Massey, East Tamaki, Glendene, Sandringham and Remuera Road. Several poles needed to be replaced.

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