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Article suggests this a solution, when the reality is that it's the core problem of why renters don't buy EVs as often.
People know God damned well that if they don't own their home, any sort of "support" they get is going to result in not just their paying for said support, but putting profit in a few pockets as well.
You wanna charge your car at an apartment complex... No problem, just pay for the space, pay for the power, pay a markup for the charge point operator, pay a markup for the landlord, pay a markup for this, that, and whatever else we can think of...
I wouldn’t even mind a small markup here. I think it should be an amenity like how my complex has a free gym, but it’ll still probably be cheaper and more convenient than gas.
A couple chargers in a central spot, usable only by tenants, as an amenity like you're describing, is likely viable with a small increase in all the rents, but that's likely only viable for a decade or two.
As EVs becomes the norm (and I'm assuming they will), it will become less and less viable. From a very simple economic perspective, you'd essentially be adding the fuel costs of a steadiy increasing portion of tenants to the monthly rent, and there isn't any sort of commercial venture anywhere that's simply going to accept that kind of a decrease in revenue.
It's all good if it's a few tenants in a large complex, but as it scales up, the increase in utility costs (and specific to apartments, the costs of damages) is eventually going to drive it into "pay to play" per individual.
The amenity spots wouldnt be all that likely to be unreasonable in terms of aggressive profit seeking, but once it goes to individual chargers per tenant, all bets are off. It'll go from a feature to attract new tenants at the landlords expense, to being an individual expense, and an opportunity to "small additional fee" some profits...