(01-08-2020, 01:24 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(01-04-2020, 07:47 AM)SeldomRite Wrote: In ten years there will likely be well over ten million electric vehicles in use between Tesla and all the other brands, and charging providers will want to get their infrastructure deployed to get a share of the market serving them. I don't expect whole parking lots taken up by dedicated charger spots, but having several in every large merchant area is likely. By that I mean you will probably find 10+ charging spots at any Publix or Walmart or Target. I also doubt there will be people getting towed for parking in them often because they'll probably not be right next to the entrance like handicapped spots and parking isn't that hard to find for people that can walk a few yards. We'll see though.

Electric charging is never going to be as painless or as profitable as filling gas tanks.
It's always going to take longer.  
It's always going to take long enough that the owner is tempted to walk away - "let me park at the charger by my office, walk to work, check on it at lunch"
Someone's going to drive up to the charging stations, and they'll all have a car in them, but none of the cars will be charging.
The owners of the charging stations are going to have to charge for the time that the car is there, and it will be buggy, and it will piss EV owners off.  You think paying a dollar for an hour of parking by the courthhouse is bad?  Think about how much they would have to charge the EV owner to make sure he moves his car out of the way when he's done.

That's assuming not every parking spot will have a charger. But aside from that possibility, of course we're going to be dealing with EVs differently than we do with ICE cars. But the issues you raise here are in no way insurmountable. For instance, if in your case people are commuting to and from work they likely don't need a charging station if they have one at home (something certain apartment complexes are already starting to offer). Then the charging they'd need would be provided at home.

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