Comment by brianwawok
5 hours ago
But why put charges at burger shacks? For most people most of the time charge while you sleep. On trips charge along the highway. Every single store doesn’t need chargers, it’s a waste.
5 hours ago
But why put charges at burger shacks? For most people most of the time charge while you sleep. On trips charge along the highway. Every single store doesn’t need chargers, it’s a waste.
> For most people most of the time charge while you sleep.
Unless you're a 'garage orphan': no garage, driveway or parking pad, and have to park on the street.
* https://electricautonomy.ca/news/2019-06-24/solving-the-elec...
* https://www.theenergymix.com/garage-orphans-scramble-for-cha...
Apartments (either rental, or condo ownership) may have underground parking with a few slots for charging.
Apartments are rather ideal for charging, if the infrastructure could be planned for. Parking spaces with restricted access... basically ideal for having every space with a charger.
That basically leaves street parking as the last problem child, and that could be solved with lamp chargers like they do in the UK. It's all possible, it's just a matter of will in my view.
> Parking spaces with restricted access... basically ideal for having every space with a charger.
Assuming that the landlord (or condo corp/HOA) is willing to pay for the infrastructure upgrades. Also assuming there is electrical capacity.
* https://www.metroev.ca/blog/ev-charger-load-management
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"Most people" with EVs charge while they sleep, because right now it doesn't make as much sense to buy an EV if you're in the actual majority that does not have access to a garage you can install a charger in. That fact is one of the major things slowing EV adoption.
You do know that people travel? I don’t need to charge when I’m in my home town, I can do that at home.
But when I’m travelling I’d rather charge a bit every time I stop rather than have one loong stop just to charge.
And I’m not talking about Joe’s Shack that has like 1.8 parking spots. More like McD or BK.