Comment on Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout

• shadowSprite@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I would love to consider getting an electric car whenever I can afford a new(er) vehicle. But there’s no way my landlord will let me run an extension cord from my 3rd story apartment around the building and around the pond between my building and the parking lot. It’s sad that an EV would be so great, but its really a mark of privilege to own both in initial affordability and just having the place to park and charge one. Not that it matters, I can’t afford anything other than my 24 year old Honda.

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• rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Level 1 charging works off of a regular power outlet

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  • bitwyze@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And if you only have street parking?

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    • rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Is there a power outlet in the street? If not, it would be hard to use level 1 charging and wouldn’t really be relevant to bring up, would it?

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      • cantsurf@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Let me summarize the stream of these comments for you, as if it was a conversation between two people. A)There isn’t infrastructure for electric cars, particularly for those living in an apartment. B)Level 1 charging is good enough for most people. A)How is a person who lives in an apartment going to use a level 1 charger? B)You just use a regular outlet. A)But I live in an apartment, there is no regular outlet near my car. B)(this is your comment BTW)Well then why did you bring up level 1 charging?

        You’re a moron.

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  • Monument@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do they make wireless extension cords?

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• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  an extension cord.

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  • cantsurf@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is just not a practical day-to-day solution. Most people don’t have a parking spot right outside their window that they can reliably use for charging. There is often a sidewalk that the cord would have to cross, creating the opportunity for someone to trip and sue you. There is often landscaping between buildings and parking, creating the opportunity for the landscapers to accidentally run over your cord with their lawnmower. Some asshole is going to walk by and unplug your car and then you may be late to work.

    Sure, you could it, but it’s not a practical solution.

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    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean, sure, when you dont want to do it, its easy to really cook up a convuluted scenario to justify not doing it.

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      • cantsurf@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m going to borrow a picture that somebody else posted. www.rent.com/blog/…/apartment_building.jpg

        Do you think its practical for extension cords to run from that building to most of the parking spots? It would be a spiderweb of a tangled mess.

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