Not much to add. Other than the IRS PDF is written is legalese…

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    Does anyone own an EV and lives in an apartment that doesn’t have chargers? How do you get by?

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      I kinda did this (but not really). The building had a few parking spots with 120v outlets nearby and they let me run a cord to one.

      Its quite possible there’s something like that available if its outside parking and can’t hurt to ask. Less likely if it’s underground.

      Can come to a side agreement for electricity cost showing cost on app or via some other tracking.

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      Generally you’re fucked. Also if you have an underground parking lot, in most places in Belgium, fire marshals won’t allow you placing a charger. Several colleagues of mine got shafted with the move to EVs on that basis.

      You can also try to charge on public chargers but that’s a lifestyle in itself. Several of us had to before the home chargers rollout reached us and it wasn’t trivial due to the lack of fast chargers around.

      Still I wouldn’t go back to an ICE ever.

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      A buddy of mine has an EV at a condo where there is no way to charge, nor is there where he works. He just goes to a supercharger once a week or so.

      Granted, then you’re not saving time or money over gasoline cars, but it is doable

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      Typically in those cases, you plug in at work, assuming they offer it.

      Alternatively, you might be able to get away with a simple level 1 charger if your apartment has a standard outlet available.

      You can talk to your landlord about making changes, but failing that, you probably want a hybrid instead of an EV. Electricity at ‘the pump’, so to speak, can be more expensive than gas and certainly takes longer.