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Just build more chargers. When chargers are as ubiquitous as gas stations this won't be an issue.
by dheera 3y ago
Just build more chargers. When chargers are as ubiquitous as gas stations this won't be an issue.
- bluGill 3y agoThey won't be though. Most charging will be at home. Your neighborhood gas station's days are numbered. There may be more chargers on rural highways (charging spends more time at the "pump"), but overall there will be less charging and so chargers will never be as ubiquitous.
- pa7ch 3y agoNeighborhoods with higher density housing won't be able to charge at home so likely EV stations will be easier than widespread curbside charging in cities.
- dheera 3y agoYeah this. I live in Silicon Valley, can't afford a house here (almost nobody can), but have an EV and rely on public charging infrastructure. Most people, and even most EV owners, don't and will never own a single family home here. It works totally fine, my office has slow charging, the public library a short walk from my apartment has slow charging, and many supermarkets have superchargers or other DC fast charging so I almost never waste time dealing with charging.
- bluGill 3y agoIf you live that dense you should take transit. so the question is why do you not? are letting politicians get away with lip service?
- m463 3y agolol, silicon valley mass transit is a poorly connected mishmash. It has been "getting better" for decades without really getting better. Most of the time "transit" means 4x or more the travel time.
- bluGill 3y agoLike I said, you let politicians get away with lip service.
- dheera 3y agoI love public transit friendly cities, but it is almost nonexistent here. A 20 minute drive can take upwards of 1.5 hours on public transit. And no I don't have the time or resources to fix politicians, I have enough crap to do just trying to make money to live here and take care of myself. Even if I had time it's not like anything I do is going to result in Tokyo-quality public transit being built in the time that I live here.
- hilux 3y agoEh? Being unable to afford a house does not imply living in a dense urban region with usable public transit.
- m463 3y agoI think long-term chargers might be more ubiquitous than gas stations. Charging around town might allow young urban apartment dwellers without charging at home to eat and show while they charge.