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The problem with that is that in many places (i.e. most European cities) you don't have a dedicated parking spot, so to park overnight you would need to put cha
by riffraff 6y ago
The problem with that is that in many places (i.e. most European cities) you don't have a dedicated parking spot, so to park overnight you would need to put charging spots on every street every five meters.
The task is possible, but gargantuan.
- dagurp 6y agoFor those people it's a matter of buying a number of chargers that they can choose between. They can limit access to those chargers to the people living in the building or allow anyone to use them and make some money by selling the electricity. You can even have access control depending on the time of day. Another benefit is that you get load balancing when many people are charging at the same time. Private chargers are only a good idea if you there's only a few living spaces.
- tyfon 6y agoThey're doing that in Oslo now, many street parking slots are getting 22 kW poles next to them. It's just a matter of political will.
- aden1ne 6y agoThose exist in the Netherlands too, but the problem is that those spots are now _exclusive_ to EVs. An ICE car is not allowed to park there. I live in an area where >95% of parking spots are occupied on a given night. The current approach is, at least for the time being, only making it worse.
- treeman79 6y agoAlso some people just don’t like to share. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/charged-with-theft-man-arrested-for-plugging-car-into-schools-outlet/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/charg...