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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".
I owned a condo in Boston, an old hotel which was converted in 1905 (!) and reconverted in the 1950s. Of the 30 units, I was one of 12 units which had a parking space out back. In order to install a charger I would have had to tear up the parking lot, trench electric cables, and install a charger at the cost of (at least) $10,000. - Plus get the approval of the condo board, which was reluctant to make any sort of change, even at owners’ expense to the exterior of the building.
I think you are unlikely to see conversions of older buildings any time soon.
They did it in Norway, which had famously incentivized apartment and condo buildings with cash grants to accomplish the task, but the US will never go that far, even with a new, more progressive administration in place. I suspect it will be *decades* before we see the kind of electrification we hear about in other countries - which doesn’t mean we shouldn’t pursue it, just that it can’t/won’t happen here - unless and until there is a serious oil crisis reminiscent of the 1970s or something.
