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Surur t1_jd98usw wrote

The safety concern is a real thing. Men won't known this, but women get approached constantly in the most mundane and bizarre situations, including just parking by the side of the street, and can be very pushy.

Men are weird sometimes.

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19thnews t1_jd9otjw wrote

From the story, there's another anecdote that talks about some of that tension:

>Early charging stations in the United States have been placed in inconvenient places, too. Andrea Colomina, the sustainable communities program director at Green Latinos, said one of the first locations to get a charger in New York City was the parking lot of a zoo.
“The first generation [of charging stations] was really not holistically thought out. As usual, because men were making most of the decisions, they were not walking through the scenarios,” she said. “You have to think through what is the experience of every potential user.”

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DRAWVE t1_jdbiwa7 wrote

I own an EV and charge it at home 99% of the time. It is much more convenient, and I feel more safe than going to the gas station. They are not good for long trips, and I would not recommend one to anyone who would need to use it for long trips very often. I understand the concern with not owning a home being a barrier to having a personal charger.

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