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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Mark ☼  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Farley admits reality, mostly
Date: 01/16/26 4:32 PM
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On most days, I don't have the opportunity to take an unexpected 15-20 minute pit stop in the middle of my day if I need to refuel the car.

I've never once had to do that in nearly 5 years of EV ownership (we are up to 3 EVs now in our family). Even for a few weeks when I was in a place without a home charger I didn't have to do it (unexpected and in middle of my day). That's because while I mostly optimize on efficiency (after all, I am engineer), I also optimize on price, so rather than running somewhere during the day ("peak") to charge, I would wait till nighttime to charge ("off peak"). Not only is it less expensive to charge at night, there are also fewer people charging, and less traffic, that's a win-win-win to me. About 2 or 3 years ago, for about a month and a half, a nearby supercharger was charging 11 cents/kWh, so once a week I would go there and charge for about 15 minutes, because 11 cents/kWh is less than the 15 cents/kWh that I pay at home! 😃

I assume you live in a condo or something similar to a condo. Soon, many condos will have chargers in their parking lots. I've recently looked at a bunch of condos, mostly newly constructed ones, or about to begin construction, and many of them mention "preparation for chargers in parking area".
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