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Re:Japan Now Has More Electric Car Charging Spots Than Gas S... by parenthephobia on Thursday May 05, 2016 @06:25AM (#11634968)
Every private charging station that provides for a driver who returns to that charger after each journey enables a space on a public charging station to remain free for people on road trips.

The total number might be too simplistic for planning a long journey, but private charging stations do have positive utility even for those that don't own them.

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Re:Japan Now Has More Electric Car Charging Spots Than Gas S... by capote on Thursday May 05, 2016 @02:50PM (#11638778)
This exactly. I assume most people in Japan use cars for local trips/commuting and will return home at the end of the day.

After all, they have a brilliant long-distance transport system that vastly eliminates the need of a car for long trips.

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