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I know a couple people that hung extension cables from second and third story apartment windows to plug in their Nissan Leafs or similar low end EVs.
Most people - city dwellers and even suburbanites - don’t need a garage, nor a house, nor an EV that can go hundreds of miles at the drop of a hat. Most trips people make are pretty short in comparison to the range of any modern vehicle, electric or combustion.
For country folk, the considerations are different to be sure. But anecdotally, one of those people that hung a cable out a window years ago now lives a couple hours outside the city and still drives an EV that gets less than 150 miles of range. The biggest alteration to someone’s lifestyle by getting a low range EV is the money saved by making pretty minor adjustments.
I know a couple people that hung extension cables from second and third story apartment windows to plug in their Nissan Leafs or similar low end EVs.
Most people - city dwellers and even suburbanites - don’t need a garage, nor a house, nor an EV that can go hundreds of miles at the drop of a hat. Most trips people make are pretty short in comparison to the range of any modern vehicle, electric or combustion.
For country folk, the considerations are different to be sure. But anecdotally, one of those people that hung a cable out a window years ago now lives a couple hours outside the city and still drives an EV that gets less than 150 miles of range. The biggest alteration to someone’s lifestyle by getting a low range EV is the money saved by making pretty minor adjustments.