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> most of their charging will happen at home while the car sits in their garage / driveway This is a very different story around the world. Something like ~60%

> most of their charging will happen at home while the car sits in their garage / driveway This is a very different story around the world. Something like ~60%~ [it’s actually 35%, I got it backwards] of UK homes have no off-street parking. You'd need streetside chargers or built into lampposts, which is being trialled in some areas but is very small scale and almost certainly would not be as cheap as charging via your home's electricity. > the 20 minutes it takes for a number of current EVs to get to 80% charge isn't much longer than what you'd spend at a highway service area by the time you get done with fueling the car, going to the bathroom, chasing down everyone who was in the car, maybe buying a drink and snack The problem with this is that it assumes the car will always need a break at the same I do. That works if I can charge easily at home and will only need to fast charge on long journeys, but as I said above it's just not practical for many people. It's also best case scenario insofar as it assumes both that your car can charge quickly, and that you have close-by access to a fully functioning fast charger. It's not a huge hurdle (and I do believe that by say 2034 this stuff won't be a concern at all), but the additional planning required is more than a lot of people are willing to consider, and I don't think they're wrong in thinking that. Especially because even now electric cars are still very much out of price range for lots of people (again, going by UK prices and salaries).

thebruce87m 2y ago
> Something like 60% of UK homes have no off-street parking. https://www.racfoundation.org/media-centre/cars-parked-23-hours-a-day https://www.racfoundation.org/media-centre/cars-parked-23-ho... > However, with 18 million (65%) of Britain’s 27.6 million households having – or with the potential to have – enough off-street parking to accommodate at least one car or van there is a huge opportunity for charging electric vehicles at home.
- deergomoo 2y ago
  Whoops, got that backwards, how embarrassing. 35% is still a lot though!
  - insane_dreamer 2y ago
    Yeah but you also have to factor in that public transport is much more widely accessible and used.
    - deergomoo 2y ago
      In bigger cities yes, and I’m certain as a baseline it’s a better situation than the US just due to the size difference, but it’s pretty poor in much of the country. Granted, lack of parking is correlated with living in big cities, but I live in what was once primarily a mining, steelworks, and ceramics town; there is a hell of a lot of terraced housing where even parking close to your house is a nightmare, let alone charging.

thebruce87m 2y ago

> Something like 60% of UK homes have no off-street parking. https://www.racfoundation.org/media-centre/cars-parked-23-hours-a-day https://www.racfoundation.org/media-centre/cars-parked-23-ho... > However, with 18 million (65%) of Britain’s 27.6 million households having – or with the potential to have – enough off-street parking to accommodate at least one car or van there is a huge opportunity for charging electric vehicles at home.

deergomoo 2y ago
Whoops, got that backwards, how embarrassing. 35% is still a lot though!
- insane_dreamer 2y ago
  Yeah but you also have to factor in that public transport is much more widely accessible and used.
  - deergomoo 2y ago
    In bigger cities yes, and I’m certain as a baseline it’s a better situation than the US just due to the size difference, but it’s pretty poor in much of the country. Granted, lack of parking is correlated with living in big cities, but I live in what was once primarily a mining, steelworks, and ceramics town; there is a hell of a lot of terraced housing where even parking close to your house is a nightmare, let alone charging.