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Are you saying places in the US lack electricity? Aside from long range travel, you only need an extra 120v 15A outlet for most EV use cases.
by someguydave 3y ago
Are you saying places in the US lack electricity? Aside from long range travel, you only need an extra 120v 15A outlet for most EV use cases.
- tzs 3y agoNot quite. You need an extra 120 V 15 A outlet near someplace where you can leave your car overnight. That would be no problem at my house. My garage has plenty of 120 V 15 A outlets (although when I get an EV I'll have a 240 V 30 A outlet put in). Every apartment I've lived in did have an extra 120 V 15 A outlet, but none of them had one anywhere near my parking spot.
- adrianN 3y agoSo either is an area with sparse population where there are few public chargers and lots of people with garages, or it’s a dense area with apartments where it’s relatively easy to improve the infrastructure?
- someguydave 3y agoYeah exactly, I agree it will cost something to upgrade but the costs are just not that high
- smileysteve 3y agoThe interesting thing about high density parking spots; is that they are, also the most cost effective to add high density charging to; Whether outside or in a parking garage, - they tend to be located near the trunk line - where an additional transformer and meter can be added with least impact to aesthetics - either buried electrical or concrete mounted conduit have the lowest construction costs (compared to finishing behind walls)
- someguydave 3y agoYeah I mean maybe it would cost 50-100k to provide L2 charging for an entire apartment? Not zero but not really a big deal in the big picture
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- someguydave 3y agoThe amount it would cost to add minimal outlets near apartment parking is just not that high