03-15-2023, 03:16 PM
(03-15-2023, 02:38 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(03-15-2023, 10:19 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: As for charging at home...I don't think anyone who cannot charge at home will be motivated to own an EV...it's quickly going to become a necessity and buildings are going to roll it out, DC fast charging will never be fast enough for bi-weekly charges. There are easy and proven solutions to destination charging. Where I live now, very few people have their own driveway, but there are municipal EV chargers all over and people just park their EVs at the municipal chargers in public spaces.
Will there be municipal chargers in Canada? Could be, but I think that's far from guaranteed. And if the EV/charger ratio is too high, charging stations will have an opportunity. Even in Netherlands, the EVs are still a tiny portion of the car population so they will need far more chargers 10 years from now. And here governments are considerably more allergic to such public investment.
I mean...I think there will have to be. There are places in Canada where people can only park their vehicles on the street as permanent storage. And it is unlikely that Canada will go car free...ergo there will be EVs on the street that have to be charged.
I really don't think in city charging will ever be a thing...I would never ever own a car that I had to spend half an hour twice a week sitting waiting for my car to charge. People would never put up with that insanity.
Therefore, we either get a car free utopia, a society and car free dystopia, or municipal car chargers.
And frankly, Europe is different from Canada, but not as much as you'd think. Yes, we have higher taxes and better services, but there are also more paid for services. Because equity is better at a base level, there is less argument for government services being free. Libraries for example, are not free...I was pretty shocked by this, but you must pay yearly to use the library.
Same with the car chargers, they aren't free. But, if you buy an EV the government will, in a timely fashion, ensure that there are sufficient chargers in your neighbourhood for you use to charge your vehicle. Again, not free, but guaranteed to be provided.