Starter Kit. Idea 418 of 500. Cluster 21
Electric-vehicle charging networks along the tourist routes, ahead of the demand
The mechanism, from the book
The sun shines on every roof and the island imports its fuel.
The 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.
Ask first
- Ceylon Electricity Board. Ask how a charger connects to the supply and what tariff applies.
- Sustainable Energy Authority. Ask whether safety standards exist for public vehicle chargers.
Check before you spend
Connection approval and the site's supply capacity, the host's written agreement, and the safety standards for public chargers.
Find out these three numbers
- How many places with parking lie along the route?
- Where do electric car owners struggle to charge now?
- What does one charger cost installed?
A comparison from the book
Zermatt. Chapter Five
"So in the late 1970s the Imbodens added two small electric cars"
One family's two electric cars became a village standard; small early sites can lead a whole route.
The test
Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?
From the appendix of Why Not Sri Lanka? by Dr Maheshika Halbeisen. The idea and the mechanism are the book's; this kit was written for the site.