Idea

Globster

Hello 

I am thinking of starting a petition  to see charging points for electronic wheelchair and  mobility scooters around Coventry. I would appreciate to hear what the community think about my idea 

April2018mom

Count me in! This is a lovely idea. 

Roddy

Globster said:

Hello 

I am thinking of starting a petition  to see charging points for electronic wheelchair and  mobility scooters around Coventry. I would appreciate to hear what the community think about my idea 

It's a marvellous idea @Gl@Globster

One concern may be that most mobility scooters have different sized charging pints on them. Also (and I'm not trying to darken your idea) most scooters take at least 3-4 hours to charge at a minimum and 8 hours to fully charge them.

Perhaps the scooter manufacturers could all adapt their scooters so that all models have the same charging socket & pin? I'm sure that they would do this, if your idea takes off and other Councils follow suit.

pollyanna1052

I think I once read that Shopmobility centres will allow you to to give your chair/scooter a charge to get you home. Occasionally I have gone out without realising I dont have much charge. But I`ve never run right out.
Good idea though x

newborn

Im hoping that electric cars and the attention to batteries and to charging times will have spin off benefits. Of course chargers should be standard and should be fast.

A newbuild block of nearly 200 flats has plenty of sockets in the underground car park, but not one for an electric car and not one permitted for charging a wheelchair.  

Globster

Hello 
I am have decided because of to many difficulties I have decided to not follow up on my idea but I appreciate all the comments I have received on my idea 

Roddy

newborn said:

Im hoping that electric cars and the attention to batteries and to charging times will have spin off benefits. Of course chargers should be standard and should be fast.

A newbuild block of nearly 200 flats has plenty of sockets in the underground car park, but not one for an electric car and not one permitted for charging a wheelchair.  
 

It's all down to money @newborn. Who would pick-up the electricity bill? I cannot see the Council's paying anything towards it. Currently, there are by far a lot more mobility scooters than electric cars... Supermarkets, rather than petrol stations for example would be ideal places to install charging points, and so too would every High Street/Shopping Malls in all Town Centres. 

Like I say, most scooters can take a few hours to charge, and so how many sockets would be needed to satisfy demand? I must have seen at least 20 other scooters whilst I was out this afternoon. I also think, that most scooter owners, wouldn't leave home on a low charged scooter, and rarely do owners drive them down flat... I still agree though, that charging facilities should be openly available.