GRA
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GRA said:WetEV said:Retrofitting is more expensive, perhaps 2 months rent. L2 might be 4 months rent. No subsidy needed when the demand arrives. Landlords want a lower vacancy rate, and offering things renters want helps that. The demand will arrive, as BEVs are getting both lower priced and more capable. And yes, some apartments will be far more expensive to retrofit. As in only rent this if you have charging at work...
You are far too sanguine about the amount of work required, or the cost. After all, even L1 charging will be the single greatest long-duration load for any apartment, so you're probably talking about a capacity increase of at least 1/2, maybe double. You're almost certainly going to need a new service entrance if not separate meters, permits etc. The one likely cost-saving area is that no one much cares about the esthetics of carports and parking garages, so you can run the wiring in external conduit fixed to the walls/ceilings instead of having them internal. OTOH, the wire runs may be quite long, building codes may require burying wire runs for open parking spaces, and that still leaves the people who have to park curbside SoL.
OT: Although there are reliability, performance and vandalism issues with this even greater than with Tesla's robotic arm, if this can be made to work it could solve much of the cost, billing and hassle re retrofitting for charging:
ABG:
Volkswagen system lets you charge an EV in any parking garage
It involves a friendly, droid-like robot.
https://www.autoblog.com/2020/12/28/vw-mobile-charging-robot-ev-parking/
I'll keep an eye in this, but won't hold my breath in expectation that it will be widely deployable anytime soon.