# How are they intending to have electric-car charging stations in urban areas?

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**Created:** [November 12, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-they-intending-to-have-electric-car-charging-stations-in-urban-areas/954250 "2021-11-12T16:32:35Z")
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### Author: ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-they-intending-to-have-electric-car-charging-stations-in-urban-areas/954250/61 "2021-11-16T18:44:26Z")

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> [@Martin\_Hyde](#):
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> People like OP frankly falls into an outlier status that there simply is not an amazingly good answer for right now. If you live in some of the few hyperdense, low car ownership areas in the U.S. (and I think there’s probably less than 10 such places or thereabouts) if you aren’t one of the people who has access to a privately owned parking space that can be fitted with a charge (i.e. you rely on public street parking, or parking in lots that do not offer charges or the ability to install chargers) then all of the current options are going to be much less convenient than filling up gas in a regular ICE car.

From another thread Re: the availability of home charging (edited for better spacing):

> [@Road trips w/ electric vehicles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trips-w-electric-vehicles/932148/108):
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> > We estimate that less than half of US vehicles have reliable access to a dedicated off-street parking space at an owned residence where charging infrastructure could be installed. Specifically, while approximately 79% households have off-street parking for at least some of their vehicles, only an estimated 56% of vehicles have a ddedicate off-street parking space – and only 47% at an owned residence. Approximately 22% vehicles currently have access to a dedicated home parking space within reach of an outlet sufficient to recharge a small plug-in vehicle battery pack overnight
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> (Somewhat dated) [link](http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2013.10.001)
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> This obviously doesn’t address new charging capital at commercial establishments for day-charging. Although one advantage of night-charging is in using off-peak electricity to reduce the need for new generating capacity.

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