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bakiestoday at 3:38 PM2 repliesview on HN

Their homes don't have electricity?


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adrian_btoday at 5:06 PM

Many people live in apartments and they do not have a garage.

You cannot connect a cable from your home at the 10th floor to a car that may be hundreds of m away.

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seabrookmxtoday at 3:47 PM

A standard wall socket doesn't provide enough amperage to charge an EV at reasonable rate if you use your car more than once or twice a week. Maybe this is less of a problem in the EU where people generally have shorter commutes, but I could definitely still see it being an issue.

I know multiple people that have had to upgrade the main electrical panel in their home to support an EV charger, because their older building did not have enough capacity.

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