Re:Tesla Model S – Cost of Ownership vs. Honda Odyssey
by hellweaver666 on Monday April 14, 2014 @07:54AM
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I live in Amsterdam, we have Electric Charge parking spots all over the city, but I believe you have to subscribe to something to use them and they probably only make up 1 in 20 spaces (which are already in very high demand in this city) so you probably also need a parking permit for the area as well.
Re:Tesla Model S – Cost of Ownership vs. Honda Odyssey
by robmcm on Monday April 14, 2014 @09:59AM
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I could see you getting free charge or subsidised in order to ramp up interest.
Could be a good incentive if you got free parking, or prime locations because you had an EV.
Re:Tesla Model S – Cost of Ownership vs. Honda Odyssey
by dm2 on Monday April 14, 2014 @09:12AM
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It's not that easy in the US, the residential areas are much less dense and parking lots are huge.
Re:Tesla Model S – Cost of Ownership vs. Honda Odyssey
by robmcm on Monday April 14, 2014 @10:01AM
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Less dense increased the chances of off street parking doesn't it?
Also I don't see how the size of a parking lot changes things, if anything it means you could incentivise by having the EV slots closer to the attraction, plus have solar roofs to harness some cheap power.
Having seen how the councils have added "club car" spaces for car rental schemes I could see them adding charge parking spaces, potentially with free electricity.
Hopefully this will be a non issue in a few years.