Longboat Key resident Tim Williams considered a Porsche about a month ago, but instead bought an all-electric Tesla model.
“It’s unlike any car I’ve ever driven,” he said.
Williams and his wife Debra, who serves on the Longboat Key Town Commission, live in the Positano condominiums. They have a private garage where they can install a home charging station to essentially fuel up whenever they like.
Not every condo resident has that option, leading to recent debate over building more accessible charging stations on the island.
“Private homes, no issue, but the multi-family dwellings, the condos, they have more problems because they have existing infrastructure they have to deal with in order to put privately metered plugs or charging stations for individual owners,” Debra Williams said.
Hartford-based LAZ Parking said Thursday it will install 500 Tesla electric vehicle charging stations in its parking venues nationwide, beginning this summer. The parking giant said it chose Tesla because the brand accounts for more than 85% of the electric cars driven in the United States. LAZ said Tesla drivers will be able to find its lots and garages by using an app and a touch screen in .