Bill wrote in
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On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 08:07:00 -0700, Chris L Peterson wrote:

Almost every home has 220V service with 30-50A fusing. Of
course, not for every outlet, so it's true that a new outlet
might need to be installed in the garage.

Yep. Electrons don't care what work you ask them to do. The
circuit might be labeled "EV charger", but the electrons will be
just as happy to power a welder, or whatever else you ask of
them.

In any case, the choices to own an EV, to provision a charging
home station, etc., are entirely voluntary.

For now. A number of jurisdictions are planning on changing that,
whether the technology is ready or not, like California. (Soemthing
like 25% of Americans rent. How many landlords are going to drop $50k
per apartment to install charging stations, without jacking up the
rent beyond what's possible for most tenants to pay? And what about
people who have *no* off-street parking?)

Charge times (and charging at all) are an obstacle with no practical
solution, even theoretically.

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