Comment by throw0101d
5 hours ago
> 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
> Assuming that the landlord (or condo corp/HOA) is willing to pay for the infrastructure upgrades. Also assuming there is electrical capacity.
Like I said, these are problems of will, not real problems. If you mandated that all newly built apartments have a L2 charger in every parking spot, it could be done. Retrofitting is much more expensive, but even that is not insurmountable.