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How will infrastructure adapt to electric vehicles?

Asked by funkdaddy (17777points) November 17th, 2017

Electric cars seem to be here to stay and some manufacturers are already committing to no longer make gas powered vehicles in the next few years.

There are a lot of cars out there and if any significant number of drivers switch from gas to electric there are going to be some new challenges. How do you think things like gas stations and electrical grids will need to change? How will existing apartments, dorms, and parking garages keep those without a garage all charged up and ready to drive?

If those things aren’t part of the future, then what is going to replace them, and what are we going to do with all the excess places built specifically for a gas based transportation system?

Things can only change so fast, but it would seem there’s going to be a domino effect and quite a bit will have to change before the whole new paradigm comes together.

What’s your best guess for how that goes in the next 10–20 years?

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