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Originally Posted by Phillies8008
6) Charging, maybe. If you have a home that can accomodate charging, this is a complete non-issue. If you do not, it's a huge issue. Bottom line: if I could not use level 2 charging at my home I would not buy an EV. Trying to rely on charging somewhere other than home would suck, and to my mind relying on level 1 charging is a complete non-starter. Some people do it and will tell you it's fine, to to my mind it's completely impractical and far too slow to use on a daily basis.
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First of all, great post, you covered the pros and cons well.
I charge (level 3) at my nearest Costco, as the parking lot has a bunch of superchargers. Since I go there every week-ish anyway, I can live without charging at home just fine, and it's still cheaper mileage than a gas or diesel car.
Once EV ownership passes a certain % it probably starts making more economic sense for all kinds of stores to install chargers in their parking lots - it's an additional revenue stream, after all. I hope this will be the case for the US as well, if it isn't already, since there must be quite a few people who can't charge at home but whose driving habits are perfectly suited for an EV.