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> The fact of the matter is, that half of German households cannot charge their vehicles at home, because they live in a rented apartment. Do apartments in Ger

by elihu 6y ago

> The fact of the matter is, that half of German households cannot charge their vehicles at home, because they live in a rented apartment. Do apartments in Germany not have charging stations? And if not, is there a fundamental reason why they can't be remedied somehow in the near-ish future?

rorykoehler 6y ago
My apartment building in Berlin doesn't even have dedicated bathrooms. The shower is in the kitchen. They used to be workers dorms which were converted. They previously had communal facilities and they had to squeeze these in where ever they could when converting. There is on street parking. Really I think the next step isn't EVs but kicking cars out of the neighbourhood altogther. We don't need them. They are mostly used for ego not transport it seems.
ceejayoz 6y ago
> Do apartments in Germany not have charging stations? The US is fairly unusual in its "for every apartment building there must be a giant parking lot" zoning.
- nend 6y ago
  Like most general statements about the US, this is only true in parts of it. Plenty of cities in the US, especially the older east coast one's, do not have apartment buildings with parking lots.
- ivan_gammel 6y ago
  New buildings usually have underground parking, but I don’t think this policy has anything to do with the residents of the big cities. Car-sharing is more viable option there and it’s easy to provide chargers for car-sharing services on the streets.
ido 6y ago
Where would you put them? Most German cities are old and there's only on-street parking (that you have to be lucky enough to get). This is what my neighborhood looks like: https://www.google.com/maps/@52.4550916,13.3779422,183m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@52.4550916,13.3779422,183m/data... All of these are 5-6 story apartment buildings with no parking lots. I would be surprised if even 1 unit in a 100 has dedicated parking.

by elihu 6y ago

rorykoehler 6y ago

My apartment building in Berlin doesn't even have dedicated bathrooms. The shower is in the kitchen. They used to be workers dorms which were converted. They previously had communal facilities and they had to squeeze these in where ever they could when converting. There is on street parking. Really I think the next step isn't EVs but kicking cars out of the neighbourhood altogther. We don't need them. They are mostly used for ego not transport it seems.

ceejayoz 6y ago

> Do apartments in Germany not have charging stations? The US is fairly unusual in its "for every apartment building there must be a giant parking lot" zoning.

nend 6y ago
Like most general statements about the US, this is only true in parts of it. Plenty of cities in the US, especially the older east coast one's, do not have apartment buildings with parking lots.
ivan_gammel 6y ago
New buildings usually have underground parking, but I don’t think this policy has anything to do with the residents of the big cities. Car-sharing is more viable option there and it’s easy to provide chargers for car-sharing services on the streets.

ido 6y ago

Where would you put them? Most German cities are old and there's only on-street parking (that you have to be lucky enough to get). This is what my neighborhood looks like: https://www.google.com/maps/@52.4550916,13.3779422,183m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/@52.4550916,13.3779422,183m/data... All of these are 5-6 story apartment buildings with no parking lots. I would be surprised if even 1 unit in a 100 has dedicated parking.