EU passes law to blanket highways with fast EV chargers by end of 2025
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The chargers must be placed every 60km (37mi) and allow ad-hoc payment by card or contactless device without subscriptions.

EU passes law to blanket highways with fast EV chargers by 2025::The chargers must be placed every 60km (37mi) and allow ad-hoc payment by card or contactless device without subscriptions.

    • dustojnikhummer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      “jUsT uSe sTrEeT cHaRgErS”. I had a conversation like this here a while back. That person just didn’t accept that no, the city won’t spend millions of Euros on street chargers for apartment dwellers.

      • SeaJ@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        If there is demand and they can make money off of them, they absolutely will.

      • orrk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        no, cities will send millions on street chargers if there is a demand for them,

        • dustojnikhummer@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          My city can’t be assed with proper bike lanes, who do you think will pay for those chargers? In fact, who will pay for those EU mandated ones?

          • orrk@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            1 year ago

            That’s the fun part, it will come out of the cities budget.

            and I’m sorry that you have your NIMBYism, but sometimes the needs of the many trumps the wants of the few

            • dustojnikhummer@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              and I’m sorry that you have your NIMBYism

              And I’m sorry you have your racism but not all cities are as rich as yours.

              Now how does it feel to falsely accuse someone? Not pleasant isn’t it?

    • SeaJ@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Agreed. There needs to be a combination of incentives for building owners and also more basic level 1 street chargers (although a type F outlet is twice the charge of the lowest level 1 US charger). They could easily be integrated into parking meters. Those would give you about 10km/h. Not huge but if you are parking for the night or are parking on the street for work, that is enough during an 8 hour stretch.

      Too many people are stuck on the idea of having to go to a specific location to get fuel. Like if you had a fuel pump outside your house that cost 1/5 as much as at a station, would you ever fuel up at a gas station? Or say you had one at a parking meter down the block that was much cheaper, how often should you go to a station? Almost never.