You're in Phoenix. There are many cities across the country with
apartments built before cars were around or, at least, before a family
owned more than one car. Couple that with dense neighborhoods where
people may own cars but don't use them on a daily basis. Many people
have cars without off-street parking.
As an example, in Brooklyn NY, I have a couple friends who both own
cars. I can assure you that they don't have any dedicated parking.
They usually find a place within a block or two of their apartment.
(Clearly, they aren't using their car everyday - it's primarily for
weekend out-of-town trips.) If they wanted to buy an EV, they would
essentially require a level 3 location to get charged from time to time.
Many people in Brooklyn (or Queens, or...) have the same situation.
I'm in Seattle, Most houses have room for one off street parking place;
some apartments have off street parking but, overall, mostly rely on
on-street parking. Many people cannot charge where they park.
Same for Portland. Same for many cities across the US.
For us early adopters, we have charging solutions that work. For now,
we can ignore the denser neighborhoods and focus on getting
home-charging installed in suburban aparments. But the next big wave -
consisting of urban car owners - will be stymied if they have to rely
on charging at home.
Peri
------ Original Message ------
From: "Ben Goren via EV" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Sent: 20-Oct-15 8:38:26 AM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Buying An Electric Car: Why Charging Rate, DC
Quick-Charging Matter
On Oct 19, 2015, at 2:24 PM, Jim Walls <[email protected]> wrote:
I've never lived in an apartment, but I know people who often have to
park blocks from home because that's the closest parking.
It might be a zoning thing here, but every apartment complex in the
Phoenix area is pretty much guaranteed to have at least one and often
more on-site parking spots for every dwelling. Typical (but not
universal) is one or two designated covered spots per dwelling and
about as many uncovered spots for guests.
The same applies for commercial spaces. Designated employee spots
sufficient for all employees, plus "enough" (based on some formula)
spots for customers.
b&
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