EV@TucsonEV via EV wrote:
One of the reasons why parking meters went to CC systems is the fact that they were continuously broken into and were more costly to maintain since they needed someone to empty them of the change.
It's depressing to see how the future is developing. Like the Grateful Dead sang, "What a long strange trip it's been".
The impression I get is that "everyone" thinks public charging must follow the gas station model. All chargers must be "fast" and cost $5 or more to use. These expensive charging stations are frequently vandalized and broken.
Everyone drives 100-200 miles every day, and no one can charge at home without spending thousands of dollars on a home charging station. So we *must* have vast network of public charging stations to match the existing network of gas stations.
That's not the only solution, you know. Where I live, there are hundreds of free public AC outlets. They've been there for decades, for plugging in your ICE's block heaters in the winter. They don't get vandalized, except by an occasional errant snowplow. Every EV I've seen already has a built-in charger; all it needs is any normal AC outlet. I simply charge at home, or plugged in at work so by quitting time, my EV was fully charged.
There are parking meters that accept real coins, and meter readers that collect the coins (and put the tickets on your car if it's over-parked). I have yet to see one that takes credit cards.
There are no gated communities, and people generally don't lock their cars or their doors. Theft and vandalism are not enough of a problem to worry about.
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