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Re:Photocatalyst splits water into H and O2 at quantum effic... by hinkley on Saturday December 26, 2020 @01:31PM (#25545332)
There are quite a few urban areas with single occupant houses but without driveways. Most people wouldn’t want to install a charger out in their parking strip, on general principle - too exposed. Running high current wires out into the front yard and under the sidewalk would also be a mess.

And that’s all ignoring the fact that the city owns the parking strip, not you, and I don’t think they’re going to be interested in having that kind of equipment in their space.

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Re:Photocatalyst splits water into H and O2 at quantum effic... by rootusrootus on Saturday December 26, 2020 @03:07PM (#25546069)
> I don’t think they’re going to be interested in having that kind of equipment in their space.

Aren't some cities (LA comes to mind) installing level 2 chargers along the street?

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Re:Photocatalyst splits water into H and O2 at quantum effic... by hinkley on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @12:51PM (#25572493)
That's a good point. I think it's qualitatively different for a city to decide to build charging stations on 'their' property versus a private citizen.

There's also no guarantee they'll put it in front of my house. Or if long-term that's what I want (now I get home from work late and some other EV is parked in front of my house? How do I feel about that if I have an early meeting tomorrow?)

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