Electric Cars Soon Will Cost Less Than Gas Cars, Research Suggests

Re:Electric Cars Soon Will Cost Less Than Gas Cars, Research... by bluGill on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @10:47AM (#14452924)

Judging two trips to Europe in the past 20 years I'm going to suggest that those parking meter things are replaced about every 10 years. If EVs start to take off I expect that cities will move to US style parking meters with a built in chargers as they replace their meters on the normal cycle.

Note the I've seen a lot of the Europe style meters in the US. Each city gets to choose, and the one machine for numerous parking spaces has some advantages, and other disadvantages.

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Re:Electric Cars Soon Will Cost Less Than Gas Cars, Research... by mantas on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @05:16PM (#14455995)

Devices themselves - yes, but not the style. That'd require massive replanning of sidewalks and parking lots though.

At least in my city, there's literally no space on sidewalks for per-car meters. And there're no designated spots on many streets - all spaces are fluid. Nobody would be guaranteed to park in front of one. While somebody may be in front of two. Most public garages and big lots are bumper-to-bumper 90-degree parking with not much space either.

Of course, there's plenty of space in suburbs. But there's no parking meters at all over there.

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