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在英国，超过800万（30%）的家庭无法享受政府的电动汽车家庭充电计划，因为他们没有私人越野停车场。为那些必须把车停在街上的人提供另一种充电方式，对英国向电动汽车（EV）过渡至关重要。目前的道路电动汽车充电基础设施复杂，安装和管理耗时且成本高昂；街道杂乱、昂贵的电力和数据连接及维护成本，使得投资的商业理由不足，地方政府和消费者的选择也有限。我们的项目旨在从根本上脱离现有的市场产品，采用一种颠覆性和简单的方法，这是以前从未部署过的。我们经验丰富的团队将以“Go Ultra Low Oxford Project”的概念为基础，开发一个专门建造的“电缆沟”的设计和原型，该“电缆沟”可用于将电动汽车充电电缆从家用充电器安全地传输到停放在路边的电动汽车上，允许用户使用家庭能源供应为汽车充电。我们不知道英国其他地方或国际上正在采取这种做法。提出的解决方案是破坏性节俭创新的一个例子；需要减少资本支出和持续的维护收入，同时通过允许电动汽车在双向充电时充当家庭储能，使更多的家庭成为未来智能能源系统的一部分。我们的解决方案通过提供健康的家用充电器市场，为那些在街上停车的人提供了更多的选择，并支持地方当局提供可持续的道路电动汽车充电通道。项目团队还将探索一种新的可持续商业模式，并制定流程和政策，以便在整个牛津郡和更远的地方提供这种解决方案，无论是通过地方当局；或者与家用充电器市场合作。牛津直接服务公司（ODS）将在沟渠设计和安装以及商业模式开发方面发挥主导作用。牛津郡议会（OCC）将研究如何尽可能有效地为居民提供解决方案，以及实现这一目标所需的政策/流程。该项目将把电缆沟解决方案从“概念验证”阶段推向可以大规模部署的位置；要么通过进一步的创新资金支持，要么通过私人投资。

Over eight million households in the UK (30%) are unable to access the governments Electric Vehicle Home-Charging Scheme as they do not have access to private off-road parking. Providing alternative access to EV charging for people who must park their car on the street is critical to the UK's transition to electric vehicles (EV).Current on-street EV charging infrastructure is complex, time consuming and costly to install and manage; street clutter, costly electrical and data connections and maintenance create a weak business case for investment and limited choice for local authorities and consumers.Our project seeks to radically depart from the existing market offering with a disruptive and simple approach which has not been deployed before. Our experienced team will build on a concept piloted in the Go Ultra Low Oxford Project to develop a design and prototype for a purpose built 'cable gully', which can be used to safely transit an EV charging cable from a home charger to EV an parked at the kerb, allowing the user to use their home energy supply to charge their car. We are not aware of this approach being pursued elsewhere in the UK or internationally.The proposed solution is an example of disruptive frugal innovation; requiring reduced capital outlay and on-going revenue for maintenance while simultaneously enabling more households to be part of future the future smart energy system through allowing EVs to act as home energy storage when bi-directional charging is available. Our solution empowers those who park on the street with greater choice by providing access to the healthy home charger market, and supports local authorities with a sustainable option for providing on-street EV charging access.The project team will also explore a novel sustainable business models together with developing the processes and policies to allow for providing this solution across Oxfordshire and further afield, whether through local authorities; or in partnership with the home charger market.Oxford Direct Services (ODS) will take the lead on gully design and installation together with business model development. Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) will examine how the solution can be offered to residents as efficiently as possible and the policies/processes required to achieve this.This project will move the cable gully solution from 'proof of concept' stage into a position where deployment can be piloted on a larger scale; either with the support of further innovation funding, or through private investment.