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Old 01-31-2012, 06:16 PM   #138 (permalink)
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As I myself am also in an apartment and do not have regular access to a plug to plug a BEV or PHEV in with ... I defiantly agree that there is a significant issue there for adoption by some people ... even if their individual trip needs would otherwise be filled fine by a BEV, etc...

So yes ....

But ... at least from my perspective .... at one point apartments didn't have Air Conditioning ... Cable TV ... Elevators ... Laundry machines ... or even electricity itself ... So , from my perspective it is the kind of thing that is easily solved ... after all electricity infrastructure is already distributed to the buildings ... and charging outlets can be installed ... and I think it is the kind of thing that will be solved when it is sufficiently profitable for the apartment owners to do so ... in the mean time there will be issues for the early adopters to over come ... just like the early adopters have always had issues to over come ... I see plug in vehicles be it BEV or PHEV are still a small enough % of the market to still effectively be a early adopter market.
 
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