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How does that work when all cars are electric? Fighting with some guy at the grocery store for a charging port? I'm not trying to be inflammatory asking that, I genuinely wonder what the approach is supposed to be if suddenly everyone went and bought an electric car. I always hear that "you can charge all over the place" but I'll see like, two charging stalls in a giant parking lot. I wonder what the future looks like in that regard in, say, 5-10 years.

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> I wonder what the future looks like in that regard in, say, 5-10 years.

Likely, for one, a great deal more aluminium HVAC|DC cable laid in car parks to support charging; copper's kind of expensive and in short supply but is also a contender.

Might be smart to invest in any IPO's launched to raise capital for new proven economically feasible smelters processing infrastructure.

The hay to feed all those horses doesn't appear by magic, livery's the future m'lad.

I think really, like your parent said, people charge them at home. In the UK, energy providers have plans where they schedule charging overnight so it costs next to nothing. It costs about £10 / month for a family vehicle that gets daily use.

Demand and supply I guess. If all cars were EV all parking spots would have a port. Simplistic I know but that's how markets work. Would gas/petrol stations exist every few km if there weren't cars that needed them?

If all cars are electric and charging speeds are still relatively limited, then almost every spot in almost every car park will have its own charger.

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