Condo-dwelling EV owners face charging challenges
Published April 15, 2021
ALY SONG/Reuters
In the six months since Yogi Omar bought an electric car, he’s never used a public charger.
“I plug it in at home overnight once every three weeks,” said Omar, a broadcast producer who lives in Vancouver. “Right now, I only drive on weekends because I’m working from home. I don’t drive too much, and my car’s range is huge.”
Omar bought a Hyundai Kona EV last fall, a month after his condo installed a 240-volt outlet – the kind used for clothes dryers – next to his parking space.