[socialdemocrat]

What issue? Lots of us live in apartments in Norway and I see plenty of upgrades happening to get charging going at apartment complexes. Does not seem like an insurmountable problem. I got asked if I needed charging installed at my garage spot some years ago.

[HyperSane]

The issue that it is exceptionally rare in the US for apartments to have electric chargers. In my building there are two plug-in hybrid cars that are charged from 120 volt outlets. Type 2 chargers cost up to $7,000 to install and we would need many millions of them. Even if they are allowed to install one, few people are going to be willing to pay to install one in an apartment building they may leave soon. And having tens of cars charging at once will strain the electric system of the building.

[acdha]

One thing to remember is that “up to” means substantially less in cases like this. Suburban home chargers can be expensive because all of the major project costs are amortized over 1-2 vehicles and the homeowner has less experience negotiating. An apartment complex or parking garage is going to be easier across the board: one permit for the entire project, any electrical infrastructure upgrades are serving many customers on an existing high capacity line, the physical install’s overhead costs are amortized across many units and you’re getting wholesale rather than retail pricing on all of the parts.