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[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 103 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Because if you live in an apartment your only option for charging is to go to a charging location. You can't just plug it in overnight.

Which I can see as a big hurdle for a lot of people.

[–] kaitco@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This was my biggest issue. I live in a townhouse with a carport-ish thingy, but the same issue applies.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Even Level 1 charging is pretty notable, means the vast majority of your daily miles still come from charging at home. This should be achievable if you have an outside plug and an outdoor extension cable.

Though, I suspect from your statement even that isn't possible due to ownership issues.

[–] Celestus@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I charged my EV overnight from an overhead garage door power socket in my apartment for years before I moved out. Never even needed public charging. Many people just don’t realize you can charge from a normal household outlet

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I've never had an apartment with a garage. At minimum I'd have needed a 100 ft extension cord. Probably longer, which means it'd have to be thicker. Which means more expensive.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And I'm not sure about your apartments but at mine (and many others in my area) we can't have anything hanging out of our windows unless it's an AC

If I tried an extension cord it'd be a violation of my lease

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

IDK either, but it wouldn't surprise me. Last place I was at they didn't like that I removed their blinds. Not like I tossed them, but theirs sucked ass and I use blackout curtains anyway.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Had the same problem at my apartment, my workaround was putting the blinds back and putting my blackout curtains behind the blinds (because putting them between the blinds and the window made them upset too)

At least my apartment is wired mostly properly. Still have things on breakers that don't make sense though.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

That's also what I did. It was just stupid and more difficult. Cause it was the blinds to the patio door.

[–] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Near all apartments around me have exclusively open-air parking, so this isn't a viable solution for many. It's not that the available power is inadequate, it's non-existent.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Y’all really need to go about asking your landlord to install chargers. There are even options where it charges you for power so he’s not out the cost

They’ll probably ignore the request, but at this point it’s progress to plant the seed, give them the idea, show them interest is building. Your future self will thank you

The condo my ex lives in just had a board meeting about installing chargers. It seemed like a reasonable cost and they haven’t rejected it, so it’s possible

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

I've had an EV for four years now and I've relied exclusively on public charging. I won't say it's never been without any annoyances but overall it was pretty unproblematic. It can absolutely be done if you want it. Recently they installed chargers at my workplace so now I'm fine and dandy.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I live in a suburb with a lot of one- and two-car garages, but mine is one of the few houses without cars parked in the driveway or on the street. My neighbors on one side converted their garage into a living space during COVID, and the ones on the other use it for storage of things other than cars.

So even with garages you need space in that garage to store your car, which is yet another hurdle.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

There’s no reason to need a garage. Mine is full of kids crap so I never park there, and just had the charger installed on the exterior p of my garage where it’s convenient to my car in the driveway. They’re all weatherproof and it’s not like someone is going to spend hours in your driveway charging their car to steal a couple bucks of electricity. Or, at least for Tesla, every car has a unique identifier, so you can configure a white list of allowed vehicles while blocking every phone else.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 months ago

I live in an apartment and just charge it once a week for 30 min while I do my grocery shopping. Ezpz. I've been doing this for 3 years and have never had a problem.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

My son's apartment had chargers.

[–] a887dcd7a@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Well, in some European countries you could load your car while at work or grocery shopping.

Depending in your commute this could just be enough.

Anyhow: the prices and (country-specific) loading network might be show stopper. Many other things are just habit and/or subjective convenience.