Lestrates

@lestrates.eurosky.social

Open data for public EV charging points, as required by the European #AFIR regulation, the Belgian edition: - now mostly outsourced to a commercial data aggregator, requiring registration - price is stored per charger, and you can make 1 request every 10 seconds = 6/min, 360/hr, 8640/day

Rate limits
Every request must satisfy both rate limits.

Per token

Endpoint	Limit
/datex2/v1/status/{evse_id}	2 requests per minute, per EVSE
/datex2/v1/locations	30 requests per hour
Per IP address
You can make 1 request every 10 seconds across all endpoints.

The latest nuclear reactor to come online in Europe took more than a decade longer to build than promised and cost 11 billion euro for 1.6 GW of capacity, nearly 4x the promised cost. Since coming online, a string of failures have brought the plant down repeatedly and sometimes suddenly.

Big batteries and EVs to the rescue again as faults with new nuclear plant cause chaos on Nordic grids

Europe's newest and most powerful nuclear reactor – delivered more than a decade late and nearly four times over budget – is proving a headache for grid operators now it's finally up and running.

reneweconomy.com.au

Quelque chose qui semble échapper à bien des acheteurs de moteur à combustion: une fois que la majorité des voitures seront électriques, il ne faudra pas trop longtemps pour interdire les voitures essence/hybride (en tout cas en agglomération). Aucun conducteur de VE ne veut se faire empoisonner…

John Voelcker@johnvoelcker.bsky.social · last wk.

Three. Hundred. THOUSAND. Premature deaths. If the stats are to be believed. Which is to say, an #EV now has a measurable public-health benefit as well as a climate benefit. Which reminds me of this piece I first wrote almost 15 years ago ... (now re-bylined by the latest editor to update it).