Yes, this is true, but the thing is if you had a little pole by the road and a couple dozen meters of wire going towards the house you could create charging infrastructure.

It's phenomenally easy from a technical perspective. It's just legal and liability stuff which slows it down.

March 21, 2026 - 17:24 UTC

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And don't misunderstand me, I caught that you said you can't always park by your house.

But we could very easily create a smart charging network which taps off individual houses and bills the owner of the car for that electricity use. I've been yelling at utilities for years to spin this up.
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Seems easier for the town hall to make a charging network. We have lamp posts everywhere!
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This is what really frustrates me about the conversation!

It is literally just wires and voltage. There is nothing unique about installing a charging station and electricity is already present in virtually every structure.

Just run a lead from that structure to the street and be done!
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like, yes. it is technically simple! but you can’t hand wave away the regulatory and financial aspects, which are the biggest barriers. if i was a billionaire i’d just self fund this in philly.
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the disconnect that i continually have with how you approach this is that i agree with and would gladly campaign to do this sort of thing but we live in a country where shit like this happens rarely and is very hard to do. i’d love chargers all over the city. my city ended that program.
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Something which eg Denmark has already done
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