Re:Google Maps will stop showing gas stations to EV owners
by saurik on Sunday August 20, 2023 @10:04AM
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You really don't have to have a charging station where you live unless you have a tiny range: I have been driving a Tesla Model 3 (Long Range) for a year now, and I just "go fill up" at a super-charger like I used to with a gas car.
BTW: this might even be better for the battery than slower home charging, despite a lot of assumptions people make about how there has to be a trade-off for "super" charging; and like, even if it's bad, it isn't that bad.
This is where it's going to hurt the poor and low-income communities. The well-to-do places with gates and security will have no problem setting them up, maintaining them, and keeping them free of vandalism. In affordable housing, you'll see a lot more reluctance. We don't even have bicycle racks here!
Worse, higher-income residents will be more likely to have charging at work while they're working, if anyone works in an office anymore, whilst low-income folks are more likely to work jobs that don't/can't offer charging to all their employees. Ouch.
Even for SFHs, there are wrinkles. For those who can easily install a charger in their garage, great. But how many homeowners don't have/use a garage and park on the street? How far do you want to snake a cable from your breaker box at home?