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We just need to add outlets everywhere. I'd love one, but I don't have a place to charge it.

by sosuke 11y ago

mahyarm 11y ago
The electric car is actually fairly inconvenient if you don't have a garage or a parking spot that you rent / cannot install an outlet on. The cycle time on vehicles is far higher than a cheap smartphone mainly due to their expense. And a large amount of the article's bullet points are not something that would be unique to an electric car. When you take public transit, as long as the train/bus isn't loud, would you care to notice if it was electric or gas based? Or how fast it got you where you wanted to go with comfort?
- cowsandmilk 11y ago
  Boston has added hybrid buses to their fleet. They are much quieter. I'm a fan. But I agree about the parking spaces. Even now in new construction, it is considered forward thinking to have 2 or 3 spaces with outlets out of 100. For the future of electric cars, they should at least have conduit to spaces where outlets could be installed.
  - greglindahl 11y ago
    New construction in Palo Alto, including single family homes, is required to have that sort of thing pre-installed. Conduit only for single-family homes, a lot of conduit and some actual chargers for multi-family and commercial buildings.
    - mahyarm 11y ago
      If you own a single family home, then electric cars are ok. If you live in a multiunit, rent, do not have a garage or similar, then charging at home is not practical.
      - greglindahl 11y ago
        Well, you just responded to a Tesla owner who rents in a multi-unit apartment. I charge, overnight once per week, in a city garage 1 block away. I didn't say it was easy or common, but that it's possible and getting more common. (And if I ever get short, there's a new supercharger in Mountain View.) Palo Alto's new law mandating chargers in new construction just recently passed; in a few years it will begin to take effect. And they'll probably extend it to renovations of older buildings, etc etc.
        sosuke 11y ago
        I want a Tesla, but you are far and away more dedicated to the idea that I am.
  - Qwertious 11y ago
    >Boston has added hybrid buses to their fleet. They are much quieter. I'm a fan. That sentence sounds really weird - one second you're talking about buses, then you suddenly (apparently) claim to be a device for pushing air around. I know what you actually mean, but damn, "I'm a fan" sounds really weird like that.

We just need to add outlets everywhere. I'd love one, but I don't have a place to charge it.

by sosuke 11y ago

We just need to add outlets everywhere. I'd love one, but I don't have a place to charge it.

The electric car is actually fairly inconvenient if you don't have a garage or a parking spot that you rent / cannot install an outlet on. The cycle time on vehicles is far higher than a cheap smartphone mainly due to their expense. And a large amount of the article's bullet points are not something that would be unique to an electric car. When you take public transit, as long as the train/bus isn't loud, would you care to notice if it was electric or gas based? Or how fast it got you where you wanted to go with comfort?

cowsandmilk 11y ago
Boston has added hybrid buses to their fleet. They are much quieter. I'm a fan. But I agree about the parking spaces. Even now in new construction, it is considered forward thinking to have 2 or 3 spaces with outlets out of 100. For the future of electric cars, they should at least have conduit to spaces where outlets could be installed.
- greglindahl 11y ago
  New construction in Palo Alto, including single family homes, is required to have that sort of thing pre-installed. Conduit only for single-family homes, a lot of conduit and some actual chargers for multi-family and commercial buildings.
  - mahyarm 11y ago
    If you own a single family home, then electric cars are ok. If you live in a multiunit, rent, do not have a garage or similar, then charging at home is not practical.
    - greglindahl 11y ago
      Well, you just responded to a Tesla owner who rents in a multi-unit apartment. I charge, overnight once per week, in a city garage 1 block away. I didn't say it was easy or common, but that it's possible and getting more common. (And if I ever get short, there's a new supercharger in Mountain View.) Palo Alto's new law mandating chargers in new construction just recently passed; in a few years it will begin to take effect. And they'll probably extend it to renovations of older buildings, etc etc.
      - sosuke 11y ago
        I want a Tesla, but you are far and away more dedicated to the idea that I am.
- Qwertious 11y ago
  >Boston has added hybrid buses to their fleet. They are much quieter. I'm a fan. That sentence sounds really weird - one second you're talking about buses, then you suddenly (apparently) claim to be a device for pushing air around. I know what you actually mean, but damn, "I'm a fan" sounds really weird like that.