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I've never had a private garage, much less a locked one I could rewire. If Tesla wants to go mainstream they need to handle apartment parking.

BHSPitMonkey 9y ago
My apartment offers EV charging parking spaces, though they cost a bit more than the others. I don't think this is a terribly new or radical concept.
tazjin 9y ago
Here in Norway it's common for apartment buildings that have parking spots to have electric chargers outside and that seems to be working fine.
- oblio 9y ago
  Your population density is minimal, though.
  - Robotbeat 9y ago
    Not relevant. In fact, electric infrastructure is cheaper to deploy at high density than low.
CodeWriter23 9y ago
One of my neighbors runs an extension cord across the sidewalk to his plug-in Prius. Not sure if he has a surveillance cam trained on it or not.
- Tempest1981 9y ago
  A few neighbors have had their outdoor chargers stolen. A visible camera is a good deterrent.
puranjay 9y ago
There is plenty of incentive for landlords to install charging points in apartment parking. Landlords who do that can lay claim to being "environment friendly" and add a $100 extra to rent, which people will pay because, well, who wouldn't want to be environment friendly? Honestly, electric cars are sitting in a cultural spot from where they can't lose. You can make all the arguments in the world that electric cars have the same or worse carbon footprint as gas cars, but the public at large is convinced that "gas = bad", "electric = solar = good".
baud147258 9y ago
My brother is part of a company building appartement blocks; currently all the new parkings have sockets to charge electric cars.
bradlys 9y ago
More like they need to handle street parking. I live in the bay area, live in an in-law unit, and can only use street parking. Even then, this house would need some serious rewiring to be able to charge that car in any kind of reasonable amount of time. The woes of 1930's homes.

BHSPitMonkey 9y ago

My apartment offers EV charging parking spaces, though they cost a bit more than the others. I don't think this is a terribly new or radical concept.

tazjin 9y ago

Here in Norway it's common for apartment buildings that have parking spots to have electric chargers outside and that seems to be working fine.

oblio 9y ago
Your population density is minimal, though.
- Robotbeat 9y ago
  Not relevant. In fact, electric infrastructure is cheaper to deploy at high density than low.

CodeWriter23 9y ago

One of my neighbors runs an extension cord across the sidewalk to his plug-in Prius. Not sure if he has a surveillance cam trained on it or not.

Tempest1981 9y ago
A few neighbors have had their outdoor chargers stolen. A visible camera is a good deterrent.

puranjay 9y ago

There is plenty of incentive for landlords to install charging points in apartment parking. Landlords who do that can lay claim to being "environment friendly" and add a $100 extra to rent, which people will pay because, well, who wouldn't want to be environment friendly? Honestly, electric cars are sitting in a cultural spot from where they can't lose. You can make all the arguments in the world that electric cars have the same or worse carbon footprint as gas cars, but the public at large is convinced that "gas = bad", "electric = solar = good".

baud147258 9y ago

My brother is part of a company building appartement blocks; currently all the new parkings have sockets to charge electric cars.

bradlys 9y ago

More like they need to handle street parking. I live in the bay area, live in an in-law unit, and can only use street parking. Even then, this house would need some serious rewiring to be able to charge that car in any kind of reasonable amount of time. The woes of 1930's homes.