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> It really isn’t that hard to imagine a situation where street parking has overnight charging infrastructure. Streets where people live already have electricit
by PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago
> It really isn’t that hard to imagine a situation where street parking has overnight charging infrastructure. Streets where people live already have electricity running to all of them.
I've read that while this is true, the power capacity of this existing infrastructure is far, far from what would be required. Even the cable sizes are frequently inappropriate.
- dangus 2y agoGasoline cars were sold before gas station networks existed. We didn’t always have a gas station around every corner. The same argument about capacity could be made for other modern appliances like air conditioning and electric dryers. Most EV buyers barely need level 2 charging for their daily average driving distance. Of course if we are going to get deep in the weeds I’d say that most places where the majority of peope live including suburbs can be made far more conducive to cycling and transit without that much of an investment and more of a mindset change to how we approach city development.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago> The same argument about capacity could be made for other modern appliances like air conditioning and electric dryers. Oh sure. My point wasn't that "it cannot be done" - it clearly can. My point was that this is not as "ready to go" as some people suggest sometimes.