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Don’t forget that many people can charge at home. If you’re not a super-commuter any outlet will do. We got a reminder of this the year before last when visiti
by acdha 2y ago
Don’t forget that many people can charge at home. If you’re not a super-commuter any outlet will do.
We got a reminder of this the year before last when visiting a relative in South Florida after flooding had taken out the regional gas supply. People with ICE vehicles were delaying trips, the handful of stations with any fuel had two hour lines, and the EV chargers didn’t even have lines because anyone with a garage or powered carport doesn’t need them.
- Terr_ 2y ago> Don’t forget that many people can charge at home. While I'm sure the charge-at-home number isn't insignificant... I wonder what it really is. In other words, the percentage of Californian cars that have their own garages/carports. (As opposed to street parking or a spot with no power.) > after flooding had taken out the regional gas supply I personally had the reverse recently: Places without power for 5 days, and long lines of stricken EVs at rare working charging stations. Perhaps that's an argument for ensuring any home emergency generator one gets can charge an EV, not just keep the contents of a refrigerator safe.
- acdha 2y agoI’m not sure where in California you’ve lived but I had exactly one place where there was no power available. I’m quite aware that many people do, but it’s still the case that if all of the people who could charge at home did so you’d effectively remove millions of people from the public charger equation and making the problem that much easier.