That's great except for traveling and apartment dwellers. I only use the
supercharger when on the interstates.
My non-Tesla EV I only use in the city and charge at home.
On Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 04:06:05 PM CDT, Lee Hart via EV
<ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
EV@TucsonEV via EV wrote:
> One of the reasons why parking meters went to CC systems is the fact that they
> were continuously broken into and were more costly to maintain since they
> needed
> someone to empty them of the change.
It's depressing to see how the future is developing. Like the Grateful
Dead sang, "What a long strange trip it's been".
The impression I get is that "everyone" thinks public charging must
follow the gas station model. All chargers must be "fast" and cost $5 or
more to use. These expensive charging stations are frequently vandalized
and broken.
Everyone drives 100-200 miles every day, and no one can charge at home
without spending thousands of dollars on a home charging station. So we
*must* have vast network of public charging stations to match the
existing network of gas stations.
That's not the only solution, you know. Where I live, there are hundreds
of free public AC outlets. They've been there for decades, for plugging
in your ICE's block heaters in the winter. They don't get vandalized,
except by an occasional errant snowplow. Every EV I've seen already has
a built-in charger; all it needs is any normal AC outlet. I simply
charge at home, or plugged in at work so by quitting time, my EV was
fully charged.
There are parking meters that accept real coins, and meter readers that
collect the coins (and put the tickets on your car if it's over-parked).
I have yet to see one that takes credit cards.
There are no gated communities, and people generally don't lock their
cars or their doors. Theft and vandalism are not enough of a problem to
worry about.
Lee
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