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It's not really comparable. Garage charging makes EVs more convenient than ICE cars, but they're much less convenient if you can't charge at home. ICE cars can

by chc 7y ago

It's not really comparable. Garage charging makes EVs more convenient than ICE cars, but they're much less convenient if you can't charge at home. ICE cars can stop at a gas station on empty and be back on the road completely full in two minutes. Even with a fast charger, it takes upwards of half an hour to charge an EV. Level 2 charging takes hours.

Pfhreak 7y ago
Maybe the PNW is different, but there are chargers everywhere here. Charge during work, while you shop, etc. Charging will be an incentive or even an expectation. Imagine if your employer said, "We'll fill your tank with gas while you work", people would love that perk. Having free or subsidized charging at work seems like an inevitability to me.
- chc 7y ago
  The year of Linux on the desktop seemed like an inevitability for a lot of people. It never happened. I'd love for the future you envision to come true, but I don't see any reason to think it will, given how little movement there is in that direction even in a super EV-friendly region like Southern California. To be clear, there are chargers at my work...but only two, and they're for-profit, so the converted cost per mile of range is more than it costs to put gas in my Prius. It was the same at my last workplace.
  - llukas 7y ago
    In NorCal I got charger in following places: 1) apartment complex (one set of public + separate apartment dweller chargers) 2) at work 3) at supermarket I do shopping most often 4) on public parking in various places "The future is already here — It's just not very evenly distributed"
xbmcuser 7y ago
Workplaces need to install solar panels and chargers for electric cars. A large percentage of cars are parked for 7-8 hours at work and 8-10 hours at home. Charging car batteries with solar energy in the afternoon is the most optimal way to decrease carbon use as charging at home at night means you are using the most carbon intensive electricity.

by chc 7y ago

Pfhreak 7y ago

Maybe the PNW is different, but there are chargers everywhere here. Charge during work, while you shop, etc. Charging will be an incentive or even an expectation. Imagine if your employer said, "We'll fill your tank with gas while you work", people would love that perk. Having free or subsidized charging at work seems like an inevitability to me.

chc 7y ago
The year of Linux on the desktop seemed like an inevitability for a lot of people. It never happened. I'd love for the future you envision to come true, but I don't see any reason to think it will, given how little movement there is in that direction even in a super EV-friendly region like Southern California. To be clear, there are chargers at my work...but only two, and they're for-profit, so the converted cost per mile of range is more than it costs to put gas in my Prius. It was the same at my last workplace.
- llukas 7y ago
  In NorCal I got charger in following places: 1) apartment complex (one set of public + separate apartment dweller chargers) 2) at work 3) at supermarket I do shopping most often 4) on public parking in various places "The future is already here — It's just not very evenly distributed"

xbmcuser 7y ago

Workplaces need to install solar panels and chargers for electric cars. A large percentage of cars are parked for 7-8 hours at work and 8-10 hours at home. Charging car batteries with solar energy in the afternoon is the most optimal way to decrease carbon use as charging at home at night means you are using the most carbon intensive electricity.