Electric-vehicle charging networks along the tourist routes, ahead of the demand

A first step

Drive the main tourist route between two popular towns and count the guesthouses, restaurants and cafés with parking and a mains connection. Ask the owners of five whether they would host a charger if you installed it and shared the revenue, and ask two electric-vehicle owners or rental firms where they struggle to charge now. The proof is signed hosting agreements for the sites that close the gaps.

Who pays first

A roadside restaurant or guesthouse owner who hosts a charger because drivers waiting for a charge also buy lunch or stay the night.

What leaves today

Every vehicle run on imported fuel sends money abroad; chargers on the tourist routes make it easier to run on power that sunlight on the island can make.

The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.

The test

Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?

The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.

In the book

• Ch. FourteenThe List
  Energy: first, stop importing it

More from cluster 21

• 411Rooftop solar leasing for households, paid from the electricity bill
• 412Solar-powered cold rooms for the fishing harbours and the farms
• 413Biogas plants for the dairy and pig farms, with the gas sold locally
• 414Rainwater-harvesting installation for the dry-zone villages and the hotels
• 415Waste-collection and recycling businesses in the tourist towns, paid by the businesses they serve
• 416Composting of hotel and market waste into a branded soil product

All 15 ideas in this cluster