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by megaman821 1208 days ago
Something like 20% of drivers don't have access to home charging and another 10% need to haul heavy items a lot. You guys can sit this one out for another decade. We are nowhere close to 70% of new car sales being electric anyway.
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In EU it is even worse. 50% of people are living in apartments and thus have no access to charging over night.
I can't provide a citation for my 20% stat, but as I remember it, it was for car owners. If you live in NYC in an apartment and ride the subway, you don't count. I wonder how many of those EU apartment dwellers are car owners.
Only 20% of drivers live in an apartment? That's quite surprising to me.
Guess: The actual data is that 20% of new cars are sold to people in apartments. Because the folks in apartments don't replace their cars as often, and/or are more likely to buy used cars.