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Re:The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030 by nicoburns on Saturday May 06, 2023 @03:38PM (#35844700)
> Will the already narrow sidewalks be full of charging stations next to each parking spot, and will pedestrians constantly be tripping over the charging cables? How will this work?

In my neighbourhood (London) there are now some charging ports coming out of lamp posts, and some coming out of the floor. There is a short cable required to connect the car to the charging port, but it's not too bad a trip hazard as it's only between the car and pavement.

EDIT: looks like this https://imgur.com/a/H9aqMCo

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Re:The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030 by ChuckNorris89 on Saturday May 06, 2023 @03:55PM (#35844831)
>charging ports coming out of lamp posts

Lamp posts don't really exist in my city. All city street lights are hung from overhead cables wired between the residential buildings on the sides of the street/sidewalk.

Like this: https://www.google.com/maps/@47.0814083,15.4423363,3a,75y,24...

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Re:The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030 by nicoburns on Saturday May 06, 2023 @04:09PM (#35844946)
I don't have pictures, but there are also some charging port embedded directly into the sidewalk around here.
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