Reply To: Electric Cars are they in your future?

Counties assess and collect real estate taxes while states collect income tax. I never said the state collects real estate taxes. Municipalities don’t collect taxes rather they submit their budgets to the county who then assesses and collects the taxes and gives it to them. NYC is an exception since it’s comprised of 5 counties it assesses but farms out the collection function to an outside contractor.
What I think is happening is the Infrastructure Bill which recently past, allocates funding for charging stations. This funding was suppose to go to public charges so that car owners can rapidly recharge their cars. What is happening is rather then build chargers that can be used by the public it is being used for the wealthy few.
These chargers are meant to fully recharge the battery in less than an hour, 24 hours a day and for a private residence will be used maybe 30 minutes a day. Even in an office parking lot unless cars are rotated you would be better off with a 240v (which is usually used for heavy duty air conditioners) outlet and a charger ( which is an electric cord with an adapter to charge the car). This is because most of the time the battery is over 75% charged, so only an hour or two is needed to fully charge the battery even at this slower rate.
The contracter can more easily install 4 rapid charges in one location then installing in 4 different public parking lots. The more rapid charges that are installed on private property the mean fewer charges that are availiable for the general public use. So either more chargers are need which means the contracters make more money. The only one who is losing is the taxpayers.
This is just another example of government’s poor planning, Besides not having enough electricity to meet the needs of the riding public, there wouldn’t be enough public rapid chargers to meet the demand either. So who is going to buy electric cars?
This is a great deal for CTL and others like him who generate excess electricity but the vast majority of those having solar panel don’t generate enough to cover their current usage.
Unlike gas where you can just drive up and get serviced at any gas station with electric you need to reserve a time slot which is done by an app on your phone. This may result in your charging in an empty poorly lit public parking lot at midnight. Likewise, you have to plan your car trip recharging every 150-175 miles and estimating time it when you are going to reach the charging station.