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One of my thoughts is yes there is an issue with people that have to park on the street. A few random thoughts on that. Urban drivers drive about half the mile
by Gibbon1 3y ago
One of my thoughts is yes there is an issue with people that have to park on the street. A few random thoughts on that.
Urban drivers drive about half the miles/year than suburban ones. Probably 6000 vs 12500. And being an average some of them drive a lot less than that. I had a car in SF that I was putting 3000 miles/year on. If it was electric it's only use a batteries worth of power every month.
Given the duck curve and oversupply of solar during the day (oversupply == cheap) we should be installing chargers in employee parking lots. It's possible urban commuters could totally get by with charging at work. And it's probably cheaper and logistically simpler to install chargers there than on random street where cars park at night. Not to mention eventually power in the evening and night time is going to cost more than during the day.
Basically I think we still have a lot of low hanging fruit when it comes to electrified transport.
- r00fus 3y agoA non-trivial number of EV owners at my office get by without charging at home. Easier with a Tesla + Superchargers nearby (as a backup), but non-Tesla drivers do get by.