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[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Personally? No. I live in a crappy old neighborhood full of run down, dilapidated houses, drunks / drug addicts, and a road system that was designed in the 1950's when almost no one had cars. Now everyone has *too many* cars and zips and zooms at triple the speed limit on roads never designed to accommodate this much traffic. We see accidents and hit-and-runs on a weekly basis.

So no, my answer has nothing to do with charging infrastructure. There's just too many dumba**es around me that I wouldn't risk parking my $80k vehicle anywhere near the public streets. Obviously ymmv. ?

 

[TexasBob]

Would you buy a Rivian (or any EV) if you had to street park with no access to overnight charging?

Not unless I had free / low-cost L2 charging at the office. My neighbor across the street leaves his Model 3 out all the time (he has a perfectly good garage but whatever) and charges for free at his office every day.

 

[cbrcanuck]

Would you buy a Rivian (or any EV) if you had to street park with no access to overnight charging?

Knowing what I know now, yes. As long as I had access to a convenient charging option (this could mean something different for everyone - charge at work, convenient/affordable fast charger nearby with time to deal with it, etc), it wouldn't be a problem for me. If I didn't have a convenient charging option, no, I wouldn't buy an EV.

 

[AbjectFray]

Nope

 

[Rivdog]

Probably not, but I ended up only spending about $60 charging at home during the first 6 months I owned the Rivian because I had charging included in the cost of a parking garage by my office. I also used DCFC at a few RAN stations and at a special “Electric Avenue” in downtown Portland. So in all, I only charged about 450 kWh worth of power at home in 6 months, which would have definitely been feasible to do elsewhere. If you have a similar situation, it might be okay.

 

[s4wrxttcs]

At the very least I'd want to be able to charge at work or some other place where I could L2 charge for long enough, and often enough to always have a reasonably good amount of range.

I wouldn't want to rely on fast charging.

Street parking ultimately depends on location, and whether its safe to do so on an extended basis.

 

[Greg Chick]

I chose the parking spaces at distant side of the parking lots. Less liability for shopping carts and cars bumping into the truck. As for vandalism, or theft, well they are going to be disappointed if they want a Catalytic Converter! But as Rivian's get more popular, my wheel covers will possibly get stolen.
As for public charging, I seldom do that.

 

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

Why would source of energy make any difference? Not like you’ll be running a long ass extension cord. Park as you would any ICE (that you care about).

 

[WorldComposting]

While I charge at home I do have 6kwh free chargers a mile down the street so I might but I know my wife would object.

 

[HighVoltOverland]

The parking isn't the concern....it's the keeping it sufficiently charged without major hassle when you can't just plug it in every night.

Is the parking static/ close to your domicile?
Is there any concerns for theft or vandalism?

You may be able to get creative and use an RV extension cable and a slightly lower amperage to run 220 out close enough to the vehicle to make it worthwhile

 

[BigSkies]

I would say that it depends on my personal driving needs at the time.

I’d be fine with it if I was at a point in life where I wasn’t commuting much, and I was maybe driving a couple times per week.

I’d say no friggin way if it was the time in my life where I had to rush to drop kids off at daycare and drive an hour each way to work (unless I could charge at work).

If I was even remotely considering this, I would prioritize an EV with efficient energy use and fast charging. Something like the Hyandai Ioniq with the 800v system and it comes with a decent amount of free Electrify America IIRC.

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