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> I could potentially hire an electrician to run a new circuit out to the pole where I have a lamp that is next to my driveway, but there's no feasible way for

by zoky 3y ago

> I could potentially hire an electrician to run a new circuit out to the pole where I have a lamp that is next to my driveway, but there's no feasible way for me to get anything other than L1 charging out there safely, which would get me very little range. Not saying you’re wrong, but are you sure? I ran a new 240 line out to a post in the middle of the yard to charge a EV with no trouble at all. Run it into a weatherproof outlet box and plug in any off the shelf outdoor EV charger and you should be good to go. If you have to run a new line anyway, there’s no reason you can’t run a line capable of 40 amps at 240v. > However, if you have a townhouse or an apartment, or even if you rent your home, with rare exception of your complex either having chargers or potentially having a deck for you to park in where you might get lucky in negotiating a charger, you're straight out of luck. Not necessarily. In California at least, landlords are required to let tenants install EV chargers in their assigned parking spaces, including running any electrical lines or conduit needed. Granted, you still have to pay for what is effectively a capital improvement on a rental property, but some landlords may be willing to split or subsidize the cost, especially if they can get a tax incentive for doing so.

belthesar 3y ago
> Not saying you’re wrong, but are you sure? To be honest, I was anticipating using the same circuit for the lamp instead of pulling a new one, but sure, having the electrical work done to pull a new circuit to the car is definitely feasible. > Not necessarily. In California at least... Thanks for making keeping me honest in assumptions there. That said, I have to imagine the amount of states that have these provisions is pretty small, and likely more importantly, this assumes that one has assigned parking. I haven't lived in an apartment in a long time, and never in a major city, but all of the apartments I've lived in had free-for-all parking. The point I was trying, but didn't fully make in my original comment was to highlight that there's a fairly significant amount of the population in the US that doesn't have easy and/or reasonable access to home charging, and that is a fair reason why even folks who can afford and are interested in owning BEVs are precluded from considering them.

by zoky 3y ago

belthesar 3y ago

> Not saying you’re wrong, but are you sure? To be honest, I was anticipating using the same circuit for the lamp instead of pulling a new one, but sure, having the electrical work done to pull a new circuit to the car is definitely feasible. > Not necessarily. In California at least... Thanks for making keeping me honest in assumptions there. That said, I have to imagine the amount of states that have these provisions is pretty small, and likely more importantly, this assumes that one has assigned parking. I haven't lived in an apartment in a long time, and never in a major city, but all of the apartments I've lived in had free-for-all parking. The point I was trying, but didn't fully make in my original comment was to highlight that there's a fairly significant amount of the population in the US that doesn't have easy and/or reasonable access to home charging, and that is a fair reason why even folks who can afford and are interested in owning BEVs are precluded from considering them.