There’s no question that more and better charging infrastructure will be needed to support the transition to e-mobility. However, many non-EV drivers erroneously assume that this will mean simply replacing gas stations with charging stations.
Public charging is important, both for enabling long road trips and as a partial solution for those who don’t have the option of charging at home. However, many industry observers believe that the most important function of public charging will be a psychological one—seeing lots of public charging stations reassures the EV-curious, and makes it more likely that they’ll take the plunge and go electric.
“Home charging is the most important; that’s where the highest number of charging [stations] will be needed,” Scott Hardman, a researcher at the University of California Davis, said. “It’s the cheapest; it’s the most convenient. Everyone parks their car somewhere at night—that’s where we need to get the charging to. We have to be careful it’s not just the privileged households that get the lower running costs.”
Read the article at Inside EVs.
