But there's no charging at my apartment or work. And I get it, there's no gas station in either location, either. But I won't go to a public charger every two days and sit around for two hours either. So until my office or apartment installs chargers, It's not viable ATM. And I asked the office and apartment managers when they plan to install chargers - their answer (both) "Never".
"He also wants to provide [...] tax breaks for property owners to install EV chargers at their homes or apartment buildings. Lastly, he proposes to send direct subsidies to local governments to improve and expand the nation's network of EV charging stations. Schumer would deploy $45 billion in grants to upgrade the nation's charging infrastructure "
Property owner: "But I don't want to spend any money at all. I'll do it if it's free. Is it going to be free?"
City: no, it's not going to be free, and by the way, if you want to get a permit for anything at all, we are going to insist that you install EVSEs (what people commonly, but inaccurately refer to as EV chargers).
California did this with Solar, now requires solar to be installed on ALL new residential houses built...
That's one of the many reasons that the median price of a home here where I live is over $700K (yes, that is right) and a decent home in a decent neighborhood (ie: schools, parks, less crime) is more like >$900K.
And you think the Fed should start doing the same by requiring EV charging whether you have one or not too?
A solar install after building is around AU$14k for a ~10kW system. It would be a bit cheaper if done during the actual build. That's less than 2% price increase. Mandatory solar is not the reason house prices are high.
Prices are high because of demand, that's it. Everything else is buried by that factor.
Oh, only 14K added onto the base expense of the house, before markup. Yes, that can't possibly increase housing costs. The point is: The state has too few houses. The houses are too expensive. They keep adding costs. This would add more costs.
I've got a friend who recently tried to BUILD a house, a lifelong dream, in California. He hired an architect to design it to his exact spec. Bought land north of LA proper. Had to get tons of approvals, all slow. Local fire department demanded he put in a driveway in a
My house were I was quoted $14k for a solar setup was about $920k to buy, including taxes and other fees. Another $14k isn't much of a burden, except you need to front that cash upfront rather than paying off over 20-30 years like you do a mortgage.
When it comes to regulation increasing prices, this is a slippery slope - for example my country has experienced a few fires on apartment complexes where the cladding was not up to scratch, with subsequent deaths. Do you complain that fireproof cladding is driv
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"He also wants to provide [...] tax breaks for property owners to install EV chargers at their homes or apartment buildings. Lastly, he proposes to send direct subsidies to local governments to improve and expand the nation's network of EV charging stations. Schumer would deploy $45 billion in grants to upgrade the nation's charging infrastructure "
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City: no, it's not going to be free, and by the way, if you want to get a permit for anything at all, we are going to insist that you install EVSEs (what people commonly, but inaccurately refer to as EV chargers).
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That's one of the many reasons that the median price of a home here where I live is over $700K (yes, that is right) and a decent home in a decent neighborhood (ie: schools, parks, less crime) is more like >$900K.
And you think the Fed should start doing the same by requiring EV charging whether you have one or not too?
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Prices are high because of demand, that's it. Everything else is buried by that factor.
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Oh, only 14K added onto the base expense of the house, before markup. Yes, that can't possibly increase housing costs.
The point is: The state has too few houses. The houses are too expensive. They keep adding costs. This would add more costs.
I've got a friend who recently tried to BUILD a house, a lifelong dream, in California. He hired an architect to design it to his exact spec. Bought land north of LA proper. Had to get tons of approvals, all slow. Local fire department demanded he put in a driveway in a
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When it comes to regulation increasing prices, this is a slippery slope - for example my country has experienced a few fires on apartment complexes where the cladding was not up to scratch, with subsequent deaths.
Do you complain that fireproof cladding is driv