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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hm, I have not seen anything like this. I wonder if other people might use your EV charger if it were right at the curb, as if it were a public charger. There might be controls you could use to control access through the app. The cord for the chargers is long and thick, more like a garden hose than the cord for an appliance, so it would not easy to hide it inside a post.

Do you have the kind of street where you always have access to that street spot? I'm thinking of a situation where a work truck or neighbor's car blocks your spot.

I would check with the county/town about code issues related to this idea too.

Is there any option of charging at work? It doesn't take that long to get to a full charge.

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Thank you for these thoughts! We would definitely check on code issues. We have a wide street with lots of parking area and could easily park 3-4 cars in front of our house if we wanted to, so no one else ever blocks our spots. Unfortunately, my husband's work still doesn't have a charging station (it should!) and I work entirely from home, so no luck there. [/quote]

I would consider whether Level 1 charging could meet your needs. You would use the cord that comes with the car and run it off a regular outlet (could be a regular outlet an electrician installs in your garden, like the kind for a water feature, or on the outside of your house  (like the kind you use for holiday lights). You could run the Level 1 charger to the car at night and store it in the car's trunk when you're done. It's slow, compared to Levle 2, but if you could build up enough mileage overnight, you would not need to purchase an expensive Level 2 charger or figure out a complicated installation. [/quote]

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