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Re:US will relax pollution-limiting rules for vehicle emissions by tzs on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @10:55AM (#39442815)
Not quite. You need an extra 120 V 15 A outlet near someplace where you can leave your car overnight.

That would be no problem at my house. My garage has plenty of 120 V 15 A outlets (although when I get an EV I'll have a 240 V 30 A outlet put in).

Every apartment I've lived in did have an extra 120 V 15 A outlet, but none of them had one anywhere near my parking spot.

Re:US will relax pollution-limiting rules for vehicle emissions by smileysteve on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @11:05AM (#39442928)
The interesting thing about high density parking spots; is that they are, also the most cost effective to add high density charging to;

Whether outside or in a parking garage,

- they tend to be located near the trunk line

- where an additional transformer and meter can be added with least impact to aesthetics

- either buried electrical or concrete mounted conduit have the lowest construction costs (compared to finishing behind walls)

Re:US will relax pollution-limiting rules for vehicle emissions by someguydave on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @08:56AM (#39453828)
Yeah I mean maybe it would cost 50-100k to provide L2 charging for an entire apartment? Not zero but not really a big deal in the big picture
Re:US will relax pollution-limiting rules for vehicle emissions by adrianN on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @10:59AM (#39442859)
So either is an area with sparse population where there are few public chargers and lots of people with garages, or it’s a dense area with apartments where it’s relatively easy to improve the infrastructure?
Re:US will relax pollution-limiting rules for vehicle emissions by someguydave on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @08:54AM (#39453807)
Yeah exactly, I agree it will cost something to upgrade but the costs are just not that high
Re:US will relax pollution-limiting rules for vehicle emissions by someguydave on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @08:42AM (#39453645)
The amount it would cost to add minimal outlets near apartment parking is just not that high