whats the solution for millions of renters that dont have access to ev stations at home though? even if the charging station is a mile away would you expect someone to walk 1 mile every charge cycle?
The solution is to get chargers installed wherever you park the car. May require legislation if your landlord is uncooperative.
In the mean time, charging at a public charging station isn’t so bad provided it’s convenient and reliable. If you can combine charging with shopping or dining etc it’s not much different to topping up at a gas station. Probably cheaper too!
I remember many years ago that having one of these outlets was a bullet point for apartment listings, but nowadays it's just expected.
So the market worked in that case.
EV charging stations are going to be more expensive than a basic 20 amp outlet (a quick web search indicates $700 to $2,000, not including installation), but not all that expensive, compared to the other capital expenses involved in being a landlord.
[1] https://evonestop.co.uk/collections/home-charging-range/prod...
The ones I was seeing were built into bollard-like posts.
Obviously bollards will cost more, but something like this would be suitable if you have parking spaces up against an existing wall.
There's a block heater for the engine, just to get the oil to a sane temperature. Pretty much every single parking spot in apartment buildings has an 8A/230V socket for it.
If you remove the default 2 hour timer from it, you can use the exact same socket to charge 100-200km of range to an electric car over night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjiR-Wz_Z8s
And roadside wireless charging will be an interesting option in the future:
This is a stop gap until legislation requires EV charging be provided at apartments and workplaces (similar to handicap parking mandates).
But that’s changing soon, apparently:
However Tesla destination chargers which are lower speed and three have been available for both Tesla cars and non-Tesla EVs.
In theory it should be possible to open up Superchargers to other brands, but it's more of a marketing/business issue than any technical problem.
I really don't see Volkswagen/Audi/BMW making a deal with Tesla to integrate their systems with the Tesla backend. Would you want your customers to use a competitors tools? =)
A 3.7kW one will be more than enough for people working 9-5. The car will be sitting there doing nothing for 10+ hours anyway, why not charge at the same time.
Nothing will change without legislation though.
In Finland we changed the law so that if an apartment building has "major renovations", they MUST install EV charging capability for all parking spots. (No need to install a charger, it just needs to be possible).