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.
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.
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.