A garage is not needed, and you don't need to plug it in overnight. (My electric car is in a carport, and I only plug it in charge is below 50%.) Yes, it is in

A garage is not needed, and you don't need to plug it in overnight. (My electric car is in a carport, and I only plug it in charge is below 50%.) Yes, it is inconvenient (and likely more expensive) if you can't charge the car at home, or at work. Cities have electric street lights, but curb-side EV charging is rare so far. I guess that will change. Heating the battery does need some energy, but heating the interior of the car (for the passengers) needs more. But driving needs most energy, of course. Electric cars typically have a heat pump by the way. Gas cars don't need that because they can use the waste heat of the engine, which is otherwise lost.