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Re:Tesla Master Plan Part 3 by foogazi on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @10:04PM (#35463202)
It’s about convenience

You can fill up on gas at any street corner in minutes

Re:Tesla Master Plan Part 3 by toomuchtodo on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @10:07PM (#35463224)
I fill up at my house overnight, or at my grocery store in 20 min while shopping (250kw Supercharger). This is very convenient!

In ~100k miles of US cross country traveling over the last five years, the only place I could not charge fast was middle of nowhere southeast Missouri, and there is a Supercharger there now. My gym has a free destination charger, as does my local brewery and airport parking. I no longer carry a 100ft 120V extension cord in my frunk, which I had to do in 2018.

Yes, we still have much to do to expand EV charging infra, but it’s not an unknown, it’s just more work. Street parking? Street charging. Renters? Mandated EV charging spot quotas with funding for the infra.

https://www.statista.com/topics/5144/single-family-homes-in-...

https://supercharge.info/map

https://www.plugshare.com/

https://electrek.co/2019/11/13/la-adds-hundreds-of-ev-charge...

Re:Tesla Master Plan Part 3 by toomuchtodo on Friday April 07, 2023 @12:02AM (#35477911)
https://electrek.co/2023/04/06/walmart-to-launch-coast-to-co... (Walmart to launch coast-to-coast EV fast-charging network across thousands of stores)
Re:Tesla Master Plan Part 3 by dymk on Thursday April 06, 2023 @12:30AM (#35464145)
If it’s about convenience, EVs win. It’s always at a full charge in your drive way in the morning. In the event of an emergency you can get 50 miles in the “tank” in 5 minutes at a supercharger, which are almost everywhere now.
Re:Tesla Master Plan Part 3 by illiarian on Thursday April 06, 2023 @12:43AM (#35464216)
> If it’s about convenience, EVs win. It’s always at a full charge in your drive way

Let's find that driveway in apartment blocks then

Re:Tesla Master Plan Part 3 by flutas on Thursday April 06, 2023 @09:52AM (#35468315)
My last apartment had EV chargers built in to the parking spots in the US.
Re:Tesla Master Plan Part 3 by illiarian on Thursday April 06, 2023 @01:24PM (#35471544)
And how many have those?

For example, the management company that manages the apartment building where I rent my apartment has sent out a newsletter that they will convert 2000 parking places in their properties by 2025 with the following caveats:

- except where infrastructure doesn't support it

- except where there's not enough power to draw from the building

- except where it's prohibitively expensive to build the infrastructure

They manage 395 buildings with a total of 20 000 apartments.

Funny how "it's easy and convenient" is actually never easy or convenient.

Re:Tesla Master Plan Part 3 by 8uhaal on Sunday April 09, 2023 @03:42AM (#35500727)
They will reconsider once reality hits and they get overwhelmed by demand.

Until then, they can pull their ideoligical MAGA hats deeper over their foreheads. It won't change reality.

Re:Tesla Master Plan Part 3 by 8uhaal on Sunday April 09, 2023 @03:39AM (#35500715)
What's more convenient than not having to do this fill up if the car is always full in the morning?