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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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EV buyers mostly motivated by lower energy costs than climate concerns, survey finds (thedriven.io)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (7 children)

That's a pretty sweet charger, not gonna lie.

However, at least from what I've been told, in a lot of places the main obstacle is the grid and not the space. It's simply not designed to deliver the amount of electricity that is required at the moment. I don't know if it's already been dealt with, since I heard that years ago, and obviously, if it hasn't it's something that needs to be dealt with anyway at some point.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (5 children)

The grid as a whole will need upgrading as demand increases, but it is in no way an obstacle to people getting charging at home.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (4 children)

It is an obstacle for fast charging, but if we limit this too level 2 charging it can work.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I doubt that fast charging will ever be a thing in residential settings, regardless of what kind of grid upgrades they do. That kind of DC voltage will kill too many diy type homeowners.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Are we still talking about curb charging?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah. It's not like the majority of North American towns are going to have the budget for this, and the higher levels of government don't give two shits, so it would be falling on the homeowners to get it installed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Curb charging is really geared towards dense urban areas, where people don't have a garage or dedicated parking space, or don't own their homes and therefore can't make such changes.

At any rate, a homeowner can't simply install something in the curb, and even if they did, it's the curb, anyone can park there.

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