[jbay808]

> Most people can charge at home for their typical needs

A lot of people in Vancouver can't!

For example they may live in an apartment building whose strata council refuses to install chargers in the garage, or they may live in somebody's basement suite and not have access to a garage at all.

(I'd rather charge my car at a cafe, though.)

[chx]

As a former strata treasurer: believe me, we wanted to. We had the votes, city had a nice incentive. But our building -- and indeed most high rises in the West End built '59-'73 -- simply didn't have enough wattage and when we asked BC Hydro for more the answer was an absolutely staggering amount of money since you needed to dig up the street and the house property to get the cables in. (And be God merciful on you if there are trees to mess with because the city won't be -- it is probably easier to get a license to kill than getting a permit to replace trees in the West End.) And it's the same amount of digging for 50A or 500A so it only makes sense to ask for as much as you can and BC Hydro has little left until the new substation comes online and now it seems that won't be before 2029.

Times like these, you need to consider if you had a spare 50A (we didn't) would you spend that on another drier or an EV charger?

[giantg2]

"For example they may live in an apartment building whose strata council refuses to install chargers in the garage,"

True, but then why fine these gas stations? It would make more sense to fine landlords for not providing charging infrastructure under some circumstances (on request, or above some unit number, or even just free market of renters being willing to pay more for a rental with charging infrastructure).

"or they may live in somebody's basement suite and not have access to a garage at all."

True, I was thinking of the public chargers for this as they are likely street parking.

"I'd rather charge my car at a cafe, though."

I agree.