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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by Rebelgecko on Saturday December 24, 2022 @11:55PM (#34124413)
I don't totally agree with the magnitude of how much more work needs to be done- we don't have one gas pump per ICE car, and electric cars don't need to be charged every day.

It's fair to say that people hogging chargers even when they're done charging is a problem, there's a public charger on my street that is near 100% utilization. However this seems pretty solvable- companies can just charge per minute as long as the spot is occupied and let the free market sort it out.

Adding public chargers is also a great way for places like malls, grocery stores, offices, etc to stay relevant, since my weekly shopping trips would probably be enough to keep a car topped off

Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by ashwagary on Sunday December 25, 2022 @12:44PM (#34129274)
>It's fair to say that people hogging chargers even when they're done charging is a problem, there's a public charger on my street that is near 100% utilization.

Makes sense to charge a penalty every minute a charger is connected but not drawing power (full battery).

Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by lkiernan on Sunday December 25, 2022 @06:14PM (#34132537)
If you put them in convenient places then ICE cars will also park there and not be connected.
Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by ashwagary on Monday December 26, 2022 @11:03AM (#34138763)
ICE cars get parking tickets for taking up those spaces I assume.