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How can you describe such a gargantuan infrastructure project as "easy"? You're talking about power structures and associated transmission to virtually every carpark in a city, as well as a way to monetize it.



It’s like that here in the NL. My power company has an EV sparking spot on every block in my neighborhood. I rented an EV for a weekend and was pleasantly shocked at how easy it was to find a charger. Well, as long as you’re not in Amsterdam. Amsterdam is hell in any kind of vehicle.


> It’s like that here in the NL.

We’ve gone from “ubiquitous” to one spot on every block.


I say it's easy to make L2 street parking ubiquitous _anywhere_, not _everywhere_ all at once.

Obviously taken in totality it's a massive undertaking, but you could say the same thing about streetlamps, or roads, or basically any ubiquitous infrastructure.

Many places have started with 1-2 spots per neighborhood, which is prudent and scalable. As demand rises they should be able to keep pace with that demand without significant technical challenges.


That’s potentially plenty though. You only need street charging for a relatively small Percent of the population. For most drivers 1 night in 3 would keep you fully charged.


Sounds terrible. Now instead of worry about finding a spot, you worry about whether your car will be functional or not.


Nah you can always l3 charge for 15 minutes.


It’s like this in Oslo and it didn’t take a lot of efforts.




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