I hadn’t thought of that, but that makes sense. As an American who wound up in a rental for over a month, charging at home (even at slow level 1 speeds) made fantastic sense economically. Charging in public at level 2 was still less expensive than gasoline, but not by nearly as much and lost the convenience of charging at home, especially considering that it still needed around 8 hours for a full charge. DC fast charging cost more than gasoline and was still less convenient because there weren’t many options and they weren’t close, every time I tried only 1 charger was working out of the multiple available devices, and it was still slower than filling a gas tank on a car. That made it clear that the financial benefits really only worked in a home, not an apartment. Given how many Europeans live in apartments in an urban environment it really shouldn’t be surprising that adoption is relatively low.
I hadn’t thought of that, but that makes sense. As an American who wound up in a rental for over a month, charging at home (even at slow level 1 speeds) made fantastic sense economically. Charging in public at level 2 was still less expensive than gasoline, but not by nearly as much and lost the convenience of charging at home, especially considering that it still needed around 8 hours for a full charge. DC fast charging cost more than gasoline and was still less convenient because there weren’t many options and they weren’t close, every time I tried only 1 charger was working out of the multiple available devices, and it was still slower than filling a gas tank on a car. That made it clear that the financial benefits really only worked in a home, not an apartment. Given how many Europeans live in apartments in an urban environment it really shouldn’t be surprising that adoption is relatively low.