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It's a tiny car that fits in a motorcycle parking spot, charges via a wall outlet, has AC, and is 15x safer than a motorcyle or scooter. Just preordered one.
I think not needing a supercharger will change everything.
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> If the efforts to reduce parking requirements succeed, you can be sure that more units will be built with no parking lots at all I'm having trouble seeing the problem here. :) Y'know what's even better for the environment than electric cars? No cars! I realize that living in California without a car is going to be difficult, but if you can manage it, you shouldn't have to pay for other people's parking spaces.
The thing is not everyone is able to manage it. By not providing for those people you ensure the parking problem becomes someone else's problem.
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If the efforts to reduce parking requirements succeed, you can be sure that more units will be built with no parking lots at all (Profit$). We are seeing this in Portland where 20 unit apartment buildings are getting built with zero parking (or maybe 10 spaces available for additional rent). The end result, for now at least, is 30-40 more cars parked in the surrounding streets.
> If the efforts to reduce parking requirements succeed, you can be sure that more units will be built with no parking lots at all I'm having trouble seeing the problem here. :) Y'know what's even better for the environment than electric cars? No cars! I realize that living in California without a car is going to be difficult, but if you can manage it, you shouldn't have to pay for other people's parking spaces.
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> If the efforts to reduce parking requirements succeed, you can be sure that more units will be built with no parking lots at all I'm having trouble seeing the problem here. :) Y'know what's even better for the environment than electric cars? No cars! I realize that living in California without a car is going to be difficult, but if you can manage it, you shouldn't have to pay for other people's parking spaces.
That would be great if that was the result, but the more likely outcome is that the tenants own cars that are parked in neighboring blocks.
https://www.vox.com/2014/6/27/5849280/why-free-parking-is-ba...
Often do I find them parked on parking bays designated to electric car charging. This is such an annoyance when you have an electric car with limited range.
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More to the point, I'm not sitting around for 40 minutes at a charging station even once a week to get recharged (and it will be more frequent than that for many). Especially given that offices may be a less regular thing, people need ways to charge when their cars are parked wherever they're parked when they're at home. Even if they eat out a bit that's not a substitute.
What if you could plug in where ever you park your car? You don't need to stop somewhere for 40 minutes if you're able to charge every where you go.
I think what needs to be "mass adopted" is parking etiquette from ICE car owners. Often do I find them parked on parking bays designated to electric car charging. This is such an annoyance when you have an electric car with limited range.
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While I agree that this is obvious low hanging fruit, there are plenty of housing in areas with relatively sparse street lamps
Assuming you mean rural areas, they have their own parking.
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I'm not aware of a strong functional benefit of electric versus combustion. But digital cameras had strong benefits over digital, so I don't think it's a good analogy. In general, I don't think analogies are for making arguments, because people focus on the difference between the analogy and what it's being applied to, like I just did. In education, to teach a new principle, I think they are great.
Have you driven a Tesla or another fast electric car? They are the new digital cameras.