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The comparison to your apartment example would be pay-laundry, not ISPs. ISPs gain monopolies because of the last-mile infrastructure. Charging services are q
by Obi_Juan_Kenobi 8y ago
The comparison to your apartment example would be pay-laundry, not ISPs. ISPs gain monopolies because of the last-mile infrastructure. Charging services are quite interchangeable as electric service is already running to buildings.
- schiffern 8y ago>Charging services are quite interchangeable Not for the tenants themselves. Tenants need permission from the owner to install charging infrastructure, and the owner has little incentive to allow competition because the vendor gives them a cut of the [overpriced] charging fee. Even California's progressive tenant EV charger law[1] doesn't apply if 10% (!) of parking spots already have chargers. Your example of pay laundry is instructive. In theory laundry service remains interchangeable (after all, "water/electric service is already running to the buildings"), but in practice the owner simply forbids tenants from installing their own laundry machines (typically citing flood risk). [1] https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2565 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml...
- dpkonofa 8y agoThis is a great point and one that forward-thinking apartment owners need to consider. There's no reason not to start offering much more EV parking and charging residents a premium for it or offering solar-powered EV charging stations.