I’m looking to get an electric car. I currently live in a manufactured home (basically a single family house) and it already has a 120v outlet in the carport and adding a 240v outlet shouldn’t be hard. Charging would be easy and cheap.

That said, I am 34, still living with my mom, so I need to move eventually. Despite years of trying to get a home in LA, I’ve failed so far and the only thing I could afford to get would be an apartment style condo or simply an apartment. It’s been a few years but I didn’t notice many chargers a few years ago when I looked at complexes. Not sure how it is now.

Are people that live in multifamily homes able to get charging done at home these days? Do they have to rely on public charging? How expensive is fast charging compared to gas prices? I’m curious before I pull the trigger on getting an electric car.

  • Bector06@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You should only get an EV after you have your charging situation figured out. Owning an EV is too different of an experience to owning an ICE car and you don’t want to just jump into it without doing your research. Monetarily speaking, you’re not saving much if at all on fueling if you’re going to depend on superchargers alone. Add to that the increased time spent charging and frequency (due to lesser range compared to ICE cars) and you might have a very frustrating time.

    • Ok-Regret-3843@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      That’s my fear. I played with charging with a plug-in hybrid while my car was in the shop. I didn’t actually get to charge it much. But I know it’s an area thing and that it’s slow to charge. Level 2 for 2-3 hours would give me 20 miles or so while an EV would give me more. So I wonder how different it is for pure electric.

      • Radiobamboo@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Most EV’s should charge 40%-50% in 3 hours, on a level 2 charger. That should get you far more than 20 miles of range. More like 125-150 miles.