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charge on the street? There are hundreds of public chargers in seattle. the ski areas even have 2+ chargers. However, that's not enough. We would need more cha
by sammydavis 10y ago
charge on the street? There are hundreds of public chargers in seattle. the ski areas even have 2+ chargers.
However, that's not enough. We would need more chargers than that. Whistler ski area has several dozen chargers (even the public parking has plug-in 220v and j1772 chargers). But still, a major metropolis like boston needs more. They will come with more demand.
- colanderman 10y agoLike I said in another comment, there is barely enough room on the sidewalk for signage on the street where I park my car, let alone chargers every 30 ft. The only place they can reasonably fit are on commercialized streets where residents don't park anyway because it's metered during the day. Again, I don't see mass adoption of EVs in dense cities like Boston (Seattle is only 6.7k/mi²; Boston is 13k) happening until you have fast chargers at refueling stations. We don't have garages, we don't have sidewalk space on residential streets, and we don't drive to work (or if we do, it's not to a place with a commercial garage). The exceptions are (1) luxury high-rises, which generally have private garages, and (2) the very wealthy, who either own their own garage, or drive to work and park in a garage, or both.
- sammydavis 10y agoSo okay, electric cars don't work for every scenario, that's not exactly news. There didn't used to be any gas stations either, and over time they were added. EVs are a tiny percentage of cars, and charging time will keep improving, and availability of charging will keep improving. A toyota prius is not a great car for pulling your boat, but that doesn't make the prius any less useful as a fuel efficient commuter car.