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rvajamesriviera OP t1_jbzz5h3 wrote

Reply to comment by PapaJohnTravolta in Having an Electric Vehicle in RVA by rvajamesriviera

Just thinking of scenarios where I'm running around town and realize I'll need to charge while out and about

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theb0tman t1_jc09u58 wrote

This feeling goes away. How often do you randomly ran out of gas? if the answer is never, you probably have the planning skills to own an electric car.

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PopularMedicinetoday t1_jc2qnia wrote

Thank you for simplifying this. I live in a row house downtown and I can’t imagine anyone having more trouble charging than me (that has a home). So this gives me a good peace of mind … I really want a EV and my neighbor runs their extension cord to the street no problem

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theb0tman t1_jc2rtp4 wrote

I'm also in a row home. It sounds like you might not have rear parking, but if you do just install a charger there. Lots of them installed like this in the fan / museum etc

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PopularMedicinetoday t1_jc2t7up wrote

I don’t have your parking but I can make we are parking parking. I’m debating building a garage with a second story. My biggest thing is we love gardening and we love the small yard so I think I’d rather just do street charging.

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theb0tman t1_jc35zm9 wrote

Gah garage with ADU would be dope but so expensive

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PopularMedicinetoday t1_jc3rmgl wrote

I wonder how much it would cost… any ideas?

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theb0tman t1_jc40uer wrote

Gosh. In todays market you might be better off buying another house. My neighbor priced out a garage + 800sqft ADU for something like 300k. That was a couple years ago. Wild

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rvajamesriviera OP t1_jc2pc9k wrote

True! There is the odd morning every once in awhile that I realize "oh shit, I'm almost on empty" and then have to rush to get gas before work, which would not work with an EV in a time crunch I guess. But generally I'm a fairly organized person

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lordpuddingcup t1_jc0rgba wrote

You don’t 230+ miles is a lot for driving around when your cars always gonna be plugged in at home and sitting at 80-90% always befor you leave you’d be hard pressed to drive 200+ miles in town before ever getting home to plug-in ll

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ValidGarry t1_jc17wst wrote

If you're charging at home, very unlikely. How many miles per day / week are you currently driving?

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