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This only works if you live in a house or an apartment that has electric car outlets installed. Most apartments have no place to plug in your electric vehicle.

adrianN 9y ago
I'd assume that public parking will eventually be equipped with chargers.
adrianmonk 9y ago
Apartments will probably eventually offer electric charging. It's a small investment, and they can turn it into an additional revenue stream (which they love) and/or can advertise it as an amenity that sweetens the deal of leasing there. However, will they plenty of charging stations, so that you never have to worry about moving your car so someone else can charge? That seems doubtful. I suppose they could allow a monthly lease of a reserved charging station, though.
- ianai 9y ago
  I doubt they will if they have to pay for it. Apartment complexes, in my experience, hardly retrofit anything. The RE market is so messed up that complexes don’t have to do much of anything to increase their rent. What was there at time of build (be that the 1980s or 90s) is what you’re likely to get. What the US needs is a political desire for New Deal type programs. Work still sucks outside of 2-4 (?) metropolis areas. Probably a large infrastructure project could get charging stations to the masses at the apartment level, and not much else. One exception though could be a vast surge in oil prices. We’re talking 7$/gallon.
  - dogweather 9y ago
    Subjectively, charging stations are "everywhere" in apartment complexes here in Las Vegas.
- tjoff 9y ago
  It is most certainly not a small investment. Especially considering how few it will benefit. > I suppose they could allow a monthly lease of a reserved charging station, though. That's usually how it's done here. And the cost is not negligible at all, more than what I pay in gas each month. And on top of that you pay for the electricity of course. And I'd say that most apartments that even have parking associated with them you will often need to wait years and years to even get a spot (electric or not).
newnewpdro 9y ago
The rental market is a huge barrier to widespread adoption of plug-in electrics. I don't see it changing without government/tax incentives for the owners, which won't be happening under republican leadership.
LeoPanthera 9y ago
Worth pointing out that you can charge an EV from a standard power outlet, even American 120v sockets - this is how I charge my Leaf. It takes longer, sure, but it's rare that my car will not be at 100% in the morning if I leave it overnight.
Yizahi 9y ago
This. Until either home parking or office parking will offer any type of EV charging I'm not buying an EV car, it is not feasible now. I'm definitely not going to do this: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fnashkiev.ua%2Fnovosti%2Fchoudesa-izobretatel-nosti-kievlyanin-pridoumal-original-nyy-sposob-zaryazhat-elektromobil-foto.html&edit-text= https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev...

adrianN 9y ago

I'd assume that public parking will eventually be equipped with chargers.

adrianmonk 9y ago

Apartments will probably eventually offer electric charging. It's a small investment, and they can turn it into an additional revenue stream (which they love) and/or can advertise it as an amenity that sweetens the deal of leasing there. However, will they plenty of charging stations, so that you never have to worry about moving your car so someone else can charge? That seems doubtful. I suppose they could allow a monthly lease of a reserved charging station, though.

ianai 9y ago
I doubt they will if they have to pay for it. Apartment complexes, in my experience, hardly retrofit anything. The RE market is so messed up that complexes don’t have to do much of anything to increase their rent. What was there at time of build (be that the 1980s or 90s) is what you’re likely to get. What the US needs is a political desire for New Deal type programs. Work still sucks outside of 2-4 (?) metropolis areas. Probably a large infrastructure project could get charging stations to the masses at the apartment level, and not much else. One exception though could be a vast surge in oil prices. We’re talking 7$/gallon.
- dogweather 9y ago
  Subjectively, charging stations are "everywhere" in apartment complexes here in Las Vegas.
tjoff 9y ago
It is most certainly not a small investment. Especially considering how few it will benefit. > I suppose they could allow a monthly lease of a reserved charging station, though. That's usually how it's done here. And the cost is not negligible at all, more than what I pay in gas each month. And on top of that you pay for the electricity of course. And I'd say that most apartments that even have parking associated with them you will often need to wait years and years to even get a spot (electric or not).

newnewpdro 9y ago

The rental market is a huge barrier to widespread adoption of plug-in electrics. I don't see it changing without government/tax incentives for the owners, which won't be happening under republican leadership.

LeoPanthera 9y ago

Worth pointing out that you can charge an EV from a standard power outlet, even American 120v sockets - this is how I charge my Leaf. It takes longer, sure, but it's rare that my car will not be at 100% in the morning if I leave it overnight.

Yizahi 9y ago

This. Until either home parking or office parking will offer any type of EV charging I'm not buying an EV car, it is not feasible now. I'm definitely not going to do this: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fnashkiev.ua%2Fnovosti%2Fchoudesa-izobretatel-nosti-kievlyanin-pridoumal-original-nyy-sposob-zaryazhat-elektromobil-foto.html&edit-text= https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev...