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> Do you visit a grocery store or similar establishment for at least 30 minutes per week? Not by car I don’t; there’s no need to. Likewise my company’s office
by ryukafalz 5y ago
> Do you visit a grocery store or similar establishment for at least 30 minutes per week?
Not by car I don’t; there’s no need to.
Likewise my company’s office basically doesn’t have parking, so charging there isn’t an option even if I did drive there regularly (but I don’t).
Best option for me would be if my apartment building had EV chargers in the garage, but it doesn’t. (And my last place was more central and didn’t have a garage at all.)
- stetrain 5y agoWhen do you use the car then, just personal travel? Without a commute your weekly charging needs should be pretty low. Charging definitely doesn't cover everyone yet but I think a lot can change in a decade, and running AC circuits off of the existing grid seems more feasible to me than mechanical battery swap stations that work across different brands and models of car.
- ryukafalz 5y agoBasically, yeah. I generally don’t need it when I’m in the city. It’s only when I visit friends and family outside the city that I use it; most of them live in the suburbs since that’s where I moved from, and you mostly need a car to get there. Anyway, not suggesting that battery swap stations are particularly practical for electric cars? Those have huge batteries. But if stations for electric scooters as mentioned in the article get any traction, that’d be a win I think.