I’m ready to trade in my electric car

I know there's efforts to build more charging stations, so that may improve somewhat. But my question is how do you charge an electric car if you live in a small apartment building? If we're all going to drive electric cars in the future, we're going to need viable ways for everybody to charge them.

Re: I’m ready to trade in my electric car

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Post by obloid » Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 5:37 PM UTC

Once newer high density batteries make it into cars and we can get 500+ mile ranges I think it will help with a lot of these concerns. When your car's range is longer than most people are willing or able to drive in a single day then you can charge overnight at your destination without worrying about finding charging stations on the road.

Re: I’m ready to trade in my electric car

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Post by bookofjoe » Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 5:43 PM UTC

turtleyacht wrote: post #3

bookofjoe wrote: post #2

https://archive.ph/xnMG8

Author complains of issues related to charging stations.

I like this one-line summary. I'm seeing more and more of these on HN. At first I went into "Get off my lawn" mode, i.e., "Just read the article!" But then I thought about the fact that for one reason or another — paywalls/technical issues/time constraints/language barriers/etc. — many people can't, or can't at the moment. These brief descriptions serve many.

Re: I’m ready to trade in my electric car

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Post by _xerces_ » Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 5:48 PM UTC

She's not blowing past any muscle cars in her Kia Nero EV with a 0-60 of 6.5-7 seconds. I guess everyone in an EV assumes their vehicle is superfast?

Re: I’m ready to trade in my electric car

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Post by tgma » Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 5:58 PM UTC

Specifically the author is talking about a non-Tesla EV, one that had the known defect of lack of a proper charging infrastructure at point of purchase. Nothing to see here.

[Talking about Teslas and “EVs” as if they are the same category is like talking about Computer Science and “STEM” in a single category. Often disingenuous and draws the wrong conclusion.]

Re: I’m ready to trade in my electric car

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Post by Zanni » Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 5:59 PM UTC

Or ... trade it in for a better EV (i.e. a Tesla). The Supercharger network is much denser and more reliable than the patchwork of non-Tesla chargers. My anecdotal experience matches the author's of roughly a quarter of all public (non-Tesla) charging stations simply not working.

Re: I’m ready to trade in my electric car

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Post by OnionBlender » Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 6:00 PM UTC

MilnerRoute wrote: post #4

Specifically, the author's worried there aren't enough charging stations to travel all around the state of California. I know there's efforts to build more charging stations, so that may improve somewhat. But my question is how do you charge an electric car if you live in a small apartment building? If we're all going to drive electric cars in the future, we're going to need viable ways for everybody to charge them.

My apartment building has charging parking spots but they cost an additional $50 per month, which is more than the money I would save on gas.