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What if you live in an apartment complex that doesn't provide charging? Or if you have to park on the street?


70% of Americans live in single family homes:

https://www.builderonline.com/money/economics/80-percent-of-...

And, many apartment dwellers either have easier access to public transit and walkable tasks, and so make fewer car trips than single family home folk, and they make shorter car trips since they live in a denser environments where everything is closer.

So, I think this issue may be overblown.


So let's just sacrifice 30%? That's such a huge chunk that it can change a government in the elections.


No, not sacrifice. Even if all ICE car production ended tomorrow, there are 100M cars in the US.

And my point wasn't that apartment dwellers won't get to have cars any more, just that they would rely on destination charging, or hopping over to a supercharger-esque place for 15 minutes/week. I wouldn't want to use public chargers only with my EV, but that is because I live in a rural area and therefore need to drive a lot. If all of my trips were 1/3rd the distance I don't think I would mind using a public charger to stay charged.


Then go drive your car to a charging station sometimes and make a phone call or eat a sandwich. Is it really so dramatically different than filling up gas at the gas station? The only dramatic difference is EV charging is vastly cheaper for the consumer.


It takes only a few minutes to fill a tank with gas. It takes so little time you have maybe just enough time to get a drink out of a vending machine or fridge. No one goes to a gas station to eat lunch. Most gas stations aren't staffed or set up to serve food even if people wanted to.


Obviously the infrastructure will evolve. People will adapt. The world will keep spinning. I honestly don't understand how most people survive in a constantly changing world when even the slightest deviation from their repetitive norm results in throwing their hands in the air and giving up!




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