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Everyone who owns a charger, most likely in a garage, attached to a single-family home is != everyone. It’s a good point, that theoretically you’ll have fewer
by vanilla_nut 4y ago
Everyone who owns a charger, most likely in a garage, attached to a single-family home is != everyone.
It’s a good point, that theoretically you’ll have fewer users at electric charging stations because individuals can self-charge. But when most homes don’t have an electric charger, and many will never have an electric charger, that might not be as big a difference as you think.
My last apartment was a very nice condo and there were two electric chargers in the basement. Not sure if I could rely on that for every day commuting needs.
- matthewdgreen 4y agoI mean this sounds bad but also eminently fixable. Compared to, say, replacing a condo roof the problem of installing a few new chargers is about the most straightforward capital improvement you could imagine.
- rootusrootus 4y ago> Everyone who owns a charger, most likely in a garage, attached to a single-family home is != everyone. The majority of people in the US live in single family detached homes. While there are a significant number of people living in apartments or condos, we have a long ways to go before that's going to limit adoption. > most homes don’t have an electric charger Every home has 120V sockets, and installing a 14-50 isn't cost prohibitive given how much you save in the first year alone compared to gasoline. The average person could charge every day with a bog standard 120V outlet and be fine. 14-50 is nice when you go on a road trip and want to recover full charge by the next morning, though.