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Originally Posted by JagrBombs68
yes the charging system is a upfront cost you have to consider. we had a 200 Amp panel with some free spots, a short power run into the garage and an electrician neighbor who helped me tie it in but all in all was about $900 - $500 for the charger $400 for cable, breaker etc. i can easily see this as a $2K bill if you brought an electrician in. If you have to upsize your line in or panel this can shoot up quick .
for us it works, but it wont work for everyone
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It's not going to work for most people. Calgary is currently gentrifying many neighbourhoods. In my area there are lots of duplexes which is fine, but they are changing the land use to allow rear facing units. There will be nowhere for these units to park, and that's already happening. Corner lots are turned into 4 plexes, and they provide enough parking for a toyota yaris. Each unit is about 500 - 700k so it's two people, with two cars, with nowhere to park.
It's going to be an absolute mess, and we should be pushing hybrids, phevs AND ev's not just restricting cars to evs in 10 - 15 years.