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> So they must have some plan for overcoming these hurdles. Aren't a lot of countries basically forcing companies to do this early before the support infrastru
by dmix 3y ago
> So they must have some plan for overcoming these hurdles.
Aren't a lot of countries basically forcing companies to do this early before the support infrastructure is in place?
I'm still curious how people living in the mountain of condo buildings in most major cities are going to charge their consumer cars, without having to line up for hours at gas-station style charging stations, considering most condo parking garages I've seen only have 3-4 charging spots.
Solving it for trucks delivering to various locations across non-urban areas seems a bit easier, given it's less of a real estate problem, but still a huge investment.
I'm guessing loading docks at warehouses will need to set up individual plugs while it loads/unloads and pre-planned trucks stops all along the highways? Any time they eat/rest will be designed around charging.
- mywittyname 3y agoI know several people who own Telsas and don't have home charging. One is my cousin who manages to drive 2 hours to visit us on holidays. And my good friend has a garage, but never bothered to install a charger because it's unnecessary. Maybe it's different where you live, but Superchargers are all over here. Most of the grocery stores around me have them, and they have lots of spots available even at peak hours (some have EA and Superchargers next to each other). Chargefinder.com shows tons of public charging options around. Even the lowest range Model 3 has more "range" than my petrol car, and I still only fill up at the grocery store gas station most weeks. The infrastructure is already there and it's growing quickly. But unless you have an EV, you probably don't even notice it's happening.
- dmix 3y agoI’m talking about when everyone has them when ICE bans are on. Obviously you can live without home chargers these days?
- crote 3y ago> considering most condo parking garages I've seen only have 3-4 charging spots Easy: condos will place more chargers. Currently the paradigm is to place a few high-power chargers and have people occupy the charger as little as possible. Once electric cars hit a certain threshold everyone will want a charger, so it'll become more viable to just equip every single parking space with a low-power charger, and have everyone slow charge overnight.
- dmix 3y ago> condos will place more chargers. All of them? I guess there will be either be rapid improvements to charging time where the real estate burden for charging won’t be too bad or the private landlords will have to pay for it (or get subsidized to). There’s a ton of buildings in each city which aren’t exactly in a rush to do investments in old properties.