Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark
by alacombe on Monday June 12, 2017 @05:04PM
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Of course, most of Canadian population lives in cities. Also, people who have the means to buy a Tesla have also the mean to have a second ICE car, thus making this a non-problem. However, commuters who have to live outside of the cities won't have that option. Heck, their apartment complex aren't even wired.
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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark
by greglindahl on Monday June 12, 2017 @05:15PM
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Yes, that's also a traditional comment in every EV-related Hacker News discussion.
I'd be surprised if Canada was that different than the US: some apartment complexes will install chargers because it will eventually be an important amenity (that's why I have chargers at my apartment complex), some communities will start requiring them for new construction (Palo Alto does this already), you'll find chargers installed for on-street parking (already happening various places), and eventually the government will probably mandate installing chargers in all larger parking lots (probably when EVs are a lot more popular than today.)
Another place you might charge is at work. Facebook has ~ 170 chargers at their headquarters, last I looked. They're ahead of the curve, but you'll find that more and more over time.
Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark
by alacombe on Monday June 12, 2017 @06:13PM
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probably gonna be another recurrent comment, but Facebook and Palo Alto are hardly a generalization of a trend, more of an exception actually.
Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark
by greglindahl on Monday June 12, 2017 @06:41PM
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By all means, if you want to be skeptical about these examples, go right ahead! You might be able to find similar Canadian examples if you looked, who knows.