An L2 charger costs about $750 to install at home. I paid an electrician $300 to run a line from my fuse box to garage and install the outlet. Then the actual charger, a Siemens VersiCharge, is $450. I still need to do a bit of drywall repair from where the electrician had to cut to run the line, but that's trivial.

FWIW, this was my cost breakout as well (I'm in the bay area).

I paid a few hundred for an outlet in the garage and use the charger that came with the car. Really wasn’t a big deal. It paid for itself within the first 2 months.

Around $2600 plus the cost of electricity. Not viable for renters or apartment dwellers, and not a good candidate for subsidy since it would be used by 1-2 cars at most.

Local governments could subsidize installing 'at least x per y units' in a complex and increase the number as EVs get more and more popular. On a more hands off approach when they do start taking hold among more of the renting segment available EV parking will become a selling point. Subsidizing them would help get over that initial 'I rent so I won't have any where to charge normally' problem with EVs (ignoring they're out of the price range of many renters currently).

How is it that much and where is it that much? I paid a fraction of that.

Austin, TX apparently. FTA: “Level Two is a 240 volt socket, which are the weirdo-looking ones you see for your washer or dryer or some kinds of ovens. This is a much faster connection, adding 20-25 miles per hour, but most garages don’t have them, so you need to get an electrician to install them (that’s $2,000 right there) and then you need to buy the charger itself (usually about $600, though there are often rebates for this sort of thing).”