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Anyone having charger at home will never voluntarily connect the charger at work or in town unless they actually are desperate for charge.

• adrianN 6y ago
  Why? Also, most people live in cities. Most people in cities don't have a charger at home.
  • jfengel 6y ago
    Most people in cities don't have cars at all. They use public transportation or ride sharing. Parking a car in a city is expensive, especially since you need to park it both at home and at your destination. Cities are full of cars during the day, but the parking lots empty out at night. They live in less-dense suburbs, where it's comparatively easy to park and comparatively easy to have a charger installed. In the city, many of those who are willing to afford a car at all will also find ways to charge it (including sharing a few charging stations at their garage).
  • tjoff 6y ago
    1. It is a hassle with no benefit. 2. At least one but perhaps several orders of magnitudes more expensive than doing it at home. In part because you can charge overnight when pricing is the lowest. I'd guess most people that have a EV-vehicle have a charger at home.
    • adrianN 6y ago
      Both points are true today, but need not be true in the future. If everyone plugging in and charging at 20kW around 6pm becomes a problem (at it probably would be one), then the incentives will change.