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by maptime 959 days ago
For terrace houses it comes back to who owns the pavement and creating a compelling proposition for the customer and the EV charging provider

In the short term very thin flat cables are being tested. But this assumes you can park opposite your house.

Councils are happy to lease pavements to providers but it's not a lucrative proposition right now for 95% of UK streets, it's also victim to a negative feedback mechanism where home owners won't buy EVs because charging is hard which creates low demand

Councils can't solve it without investment, most likely it will solve itself when the majority of high income charging locations have been constructed. Most charging companies are operating on long-term investments leveraging debt. It's going to take years to solve, and that's without worrying about the grid infrastructure