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I really want an EV, but they don't work for me. I live in an urban area and park on a city street. EV ownership would add a lot of complications to my life due to the current state of charging infrastructure.

I think EV adoption will eventually plateau until we solve overnight charging for cars parked on city streets or there is a large increase in rapid charging availability and speed.

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For many, a 30-minute charge once a week is more than adequate. I assume you don't have a gas pump at your parking spot on the street.

> EV adoption will eventually plateau until we solve overnight charging for cars parked on city streets

In the US there are 140 million homes and 3 million EVs. Not to diminish your needs, but there's a lot of low-hanging fruit there.

chicken and egg problem, there won't be a need for increased charging infrastructure until there are more EVs on the road.

> chicken and egg problem, there won't be a need for increased charging infrastructure until there are more EVs on the road.

Which we don't have the electricity infrastructure for.

The solution is to get rid of cars, period. Ownership should require a permit like gun ownership requires in some cities (i.e you should only be able to buy one of the DMV agrees you have good reason to need a car).

Can you please stop posting ideological flamebait to HN? You've unfortunately been doing it a lot lately. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for.

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