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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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[–] frazw 2 points 1 month ago

He did say "most". But even if you live in an apartment you may not know it's possible to charge at a home, just not necessarily your home. So it's still valid even if apartment dwellers don't benefit. I think it is true that "most" people think you have to find a charger and then sit there for an hour everytime you need to charge when in fact you rarely need to do a full charge from 0, and if you have a home charger, rarely need to find a charger. Charging stations are only needed when you are travelling long distance and not many people are doing that routinely. If you are then buy an ICE or plan longer journeys.

I think the biggest benefits though are much cheaper driving and instant, consistent power: no turbo lag, no gear changes, much quieter inside. I do occasionally have range anxiety, but then I've almost run out of fuel in an ICE before due to bad planning and closed service stations, so it is what you make of it.

There isn't a good solution right now for apartments, but in Norway they had the idea to make street lights dual purpose with charging points inside. I think that could make life easier for everyone. They wouldn't be fast chargers, but it would replicate the home charger capability for those who can't have them. Infrastructure needs to catch up but I don't miss queuing for fuel.