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1. sippingabonedry · 1790550000 · focus · HN ↗

   Not in rural Europe it isn't.

   There is still no widespread charging infra. Oh sure, there are chargers. If you're lucky and your town is on a state highway there might be one or two chargers in the entire town — their purpose being so visitors don't become stranded.

   Outside of cities, they are not there in sufficient quantity for widespread adoption.

   The apartment problem has not been solved either, and people do not have the time in their lives to dedicate to charging at a shared public charger.

   Europe still loves its compact manual transmission cars; but what we may see is a transition away from diesel to petrol vehicles strictly for cost reasons.

   1. Barrin92 · 1790550527 · focus · HN ↗

      >The apartment problem has not been solved either, and people do not have the time in their lives to dedicate to charging at a shared public charger.

      this looms much larger in the imagination than in reality given that the average urban European drives about 9-15km per day. If you're living in a space where charging space is in short supply you in all likelihood drive so little you maybe need to charge 3 times per month.

      1. solarkraft · 1790551052 · focus · HN ↗

         And this doesn’t even have to mean having to idly wait 20-30 minutes at a fast charger: Lots of shopping and work places have chargers now.

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