Post by @AngryRobot@lemmy.world

2026-10-05 22:33 UTC

The thing a lot of these people dknt understand is that not everyone has a garage where they can charge a car. I love in an apartment, where am I suppssdd to charge an EV? My parking space is too far away from my parking spot to charge, and I’m positive that my complex would never pay to add charging spots connected to each apartments meter. Even if they did, I wouldnt trust my neighbors to plug tjeir EV into my charger. This alsomapploesmto people in houses that don’t have a garage. An I supossed to run an extension cord to the street st night so that anyone driving by can llut into my electricity?

Replies (4)

@whs@lemmy.world 2026-10-06 03:33

Not that it answers all your questions, but many EV chargers have access control. The Chinese one I have you have to tap an access card. Tesla charger allows you to limit to Tesla only or even specific Tesla VIN so you can just plug and change while others can’t.

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@ItsMeSpez@lemmy.world 2026-10-05 23:06

I live in a cold climate and so my apartment stall is electrified in order to run a block heater. The way that it works here is that I am charged for power usage off of that stall outlet, but my unit has a breaker that allows me to turn it off and on. I think charging ports could operate similarly, hopefully offering some kind of smarter scheduling that allows you to only have it active when your car is in the stall and needs charging.

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@kuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-06 00:31

It takes 20 mins, and many grocery stores have chargers, plug in when you do your shopping

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@Schemen110676@lemmy.ml 2026-10-06 07:31

Exactly… the issue is the reluctance to install something simple as electric power to your parking space. This is not a technical issue… purely ideological nothing else.

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