Somewhat-Reticent Theres a LOT of bad assumptions in that article - and I do mean a lot. It’s almost cringe to read. I think the author has a very narrow worldview (calling anyone who can par a car at home and not on the street as “rich”? That’s rich… And assuming all cars need 40 minutes to charge every time they charge… and assuming ALL vehicles on the road in 2035 would be EVs, not all new vehicles being sold by dealers… again its pretty terrible.
In more reality based world - lets fix a lot of their assumptions – most new EVs today can do a 20-80% fast charge in 20, not 40 minutes and that is improving with every model year and generation - I expect new cars coming out by 2035 to have that down closer to 10 minutes. Not everyone will charge all the way from 20-80% either - many may only charge from 40-70% - cutting that time in half again - meaning a 5 minute charge (depends how much they drive and how long commutes are and if they use their car for commuting or just errands or road trips or who knows how people use cars - but a car with a 500km range may only be driven 200km in a “normal” week of 40km round trip commute per day and only need a 40% charge per week. So - the need for people who can’t charge is only a fraction of what is claimed, and again it will only be new cars coming out from 2035, its probably a 25 year climb down from petrol cars (and PHEVs also count as EVs for most of those mandates for 2035 meaning again it’s not a fully no-gasoline or no-diesel world, just much reduced for new vehicles).
Next - in North America over 50% of cars are garaged at single family homes with on-premise parking. That may not be the case in inner city London or Amsterdam - but those people also drive a lot less than suburban commuters in Atlanta or Montreal - so their need to charge may be much less in any case.
Next - electrical infrastructure - overnight charging pretty much annihilates this concern for people charging at home. If you drive 100km or less per day you can charge an EV using a “SLOW” 120VAC / 15A outlet at 1500watts. That’s 1.5kw per hour, x 12 hours overnight would give you an 18kw charge - in most modern EVs thats right around 100km range added per night at that rate - and its less electricity than running a toaster. If your oven and stove are off and your appliances are off and he only thing on from 7pm to 7am is lighting, you’ve got plenty of power to dedicate 1500 watts even in the most ancient infrastructure areas to charge an EV. Its actually a great way to equalize grid usage between day and night, where high usage during the day cranks up extra demand and at night there’s no demand.
As for street-side parking this is again a quick simple fix that can slowly be rolled out over the next 40 years as demand grows - there are inexpensive 5g/wifi based chargers that allow authentication from a phone app like chargepoint (the chargers are under $200) that could be installed along streets and allow municipalities to pay back the cost of install and make a small profit and still give you electricity for your car at a price cheaper than gas/diesel – there just needs to be demand for it and it’ll get built when they can see it as a profit center like parking meters. Again they don’t need to provide high power charging - something like 20A/240VAC is WAY more than enough - that’s enough to refill an almost entirely empty Model 3 to “full” in 12 hours - and the goal of at home or streetside parking isn’t recharging empty cars to full overnight every night - it’s to top you back up after your daily driving or get you “filled up” before a road trip etc.
I can go on with all the misconceptions and false assumptions the author makes - but in general they are writing based on a lot of old data, false narratives, and other poor assumptions and really should study their topics before trying to make a point.
