• saimen@feddit.org
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    23 hours ago

    The only “problem” I see with EVs is when you aren’t able to charge at home or work. But even then it is only slightly more inconvenient then regular fueling as you can often charge while doing groceries for example.

    If you can charge at home it even is so much better, as you don’t have to worry about fuel at all and range at larger trips isn’t a problem as regular breaks are a good thing anyways as you already said and most of the time a break takes longer than the charging process anyways (using the bathroom, taking a snack, walking around a bit).

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      21 hours ago

      Oh totally. I’m fortunate I have off road parking and a beefy solar grid so my normal runabout and commute is functionally free.

      The UK has recently made the process of getting charging gullys for house hold street charging easier to get approved and installed. The remaining challenge is HMO’s and hi rises. We could either mandate lower rates for locals using public charging infrastructure or more ubiquitous low power charging available at hi-rise car parks given most cars will be parked for at least 8 hours “overnight”.