> However, on a nationwide basis, the percentage of people > who won't buy an EV solely for this reason (no dedicated parking space) > is probably fairly small.
I have to disagree. With 33% of Americans nationally living in apartments it is still a very large number who will not have access to overnight charging. Of those, I'd say the percentage who then would not buy an EV because they have no place to charge it is very high. Likely over 95%. In the mean time we should be happy and focus on the other 67% who can benefit from the true value promise of an EV by waking up every day and starting the day with a full charge. We should focus on this low hanging fruit first of course. I cannot in good conscience recommend an EV to anyone who does not have their own dedicated parking spot and outlet for overnight charging. Bob On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 12:11 PM Peter VanDerWal via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > I think this is more of a distraction than a significant issue. I'd be > willing to bet that the majority of "appartment dwellers" don't even own a > gas power vehicle at this point. > In many large cities, the majority of people don't have a place to park > ANY car. > > If you're not driving any vehicle, then the ability to charge an EV is > moot. > > This article is out of date: > > https://www.cars.com/articles/study-shows-fewer-cars-less-driving-in-u-s-cities-1420663032385/ > > Since then Uber/Lyft have become extremely popular which no doubt has > further accelerated the 'I don't drive' trend amoung the rest of the > population, since now it makes sense even in cities with less effective > public transportation. > > > https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/01/the-decline-of-the-drivers-license/425169/ > > Note: I do realize that there are appartment dwellers that do have parking > spaces and don't have EV charging, which is probably a significant issue to > those folks. However, on a nationwide basis, the percentage of people who > won't buy an EV solely for this reason is probably fairly small. > > February 25, 2021 3:55 PM, "Robert Bruninga via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > > > About 2/3rds of all residences are single family homes by national > census. > > IE, fully 1/3rd generally cannot conveniently own an EV. > > > > I used that figure in my talks until I got statistics relevant to > > Maryland. In Maryland (and presumably other mid-atlantic urban states) > the > > figure is closer to 50%. > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210226/b057347b/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
