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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Could you negociate a plugging spot for your car with your employer? Then instead of plugging home where it is not possible, you could do it at work. An EV is like a laptop. If you're not using it, plug it.

Not likely, I work for an urban university and park in a 5 level parking garage. They aren't going to put plugs in there and pay for anyone who wants to charge etc.

When you need a car for an occasional long trip, rent one. Hybrids were invented, like range anxiety, to maintain the populace enslaved in the oil consumption moebius cycle.

Too much trouble vs. just owning one. I'm not tree hugger, so I don't mind having a gas car that gets decent MPG.

Plug in hybrids seem like a great compromise until hydrogen or some other clean fuel is viable.

100% electric most of the time, but have gas as a fall back when needed.

Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

It's for people in your situation that, hopefully, the authorities will figure out some way to deliver power to every parking space. It may sound outlandish and unlikely, but stranger things have happened... and for the concept of electric vehicles to be embraced by the U.S., they'll need to come up with something like that to allow everyone in high-density housing to manage it. (Either that, or a removable battery that can be rolled into the apartment and charged overnight...)

It could happen, but it only works with assigned parking spaces so the outlets can be billed to the residents account. And then you still have problems of people plugging into adjacent spots to steal electric etc.

So that will be a major issue to figure out.

Unfortunately, most people refuse to compromise with the idea of having their own car, waiting for them at every moment, even if it is not practical or financially sensible to have it (ie, you rarely use it for long-distance trips, so it becomes a money-drain).

I definitely fall in that category. Convenience is the main factor driving most of my decisions.

Besides, I buy cars that get decent gas mileage, live close to work etc. so I feel like I'm doing my part.

I'll get a clean energy car when they're more viable and affordable--be it a plug in hybrid, a hydrogen car or some yet to be invented clean fuel source.

I can consider owning a short-range all-electric car, because we are a 2-car family, and the other car can provide our long-range driving needs.

Now that I could see if I was in that situation. But I'm single so it's a 1 car household for now. But currently my g/f and I work for the same University, so we could definitely do that if we got married and have one car for commuting to work and the other for long-range needs.