Charged my EV using a street lamp charger: 3 key positives I observed

It is neatly integrated into the existing streetlamp infrastructure. No extra poles sticking out like a sore thumb and taking space.

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Street lamp charger experience:

In the same parking lot as in my previous post, there were about 6 street lamp poles and all of them are equipped with Type 2 chargers supplying upto 22kW. It has an integrated contactless payment terminal. You can either show ur RFID charging card, phone app or even the bank card to start charging. This is very handy and is more advantageous than separate charging poles. One can immediately think of advantages like:

• It is neatly integrated into the existing streetlamp infrastructure. No extra poles sticking out like a sore thumb and taking space.
• No need to reserve parking spots for EVs alone, because almost all lamp poles can be replaced with these poles. So you don't have to reserve parking space for EVs. Others can also use the space as EV riders don't have to worry looking for dedicated charging poles, if every electric lamp post is converted.
• Most countries have more street lamps than EVs.

See the first few pictures of how annoying / eyesore is dedicated charging (first 3 pics) vs how nicer simpler the integrated charging on streetlamp poles (last 4 pics):

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