Greenlings: What realistic electric vehicle recharge options are there for apartment dwellers?

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One of the challenges to making electric vehicles (EVs) “work” in the real world is figuring out how, where and when to recharge them. If you have a garage, then those questions kind of answer themsleves. You come home, take 15 seconds to plug the car into the wall and undo the plug in the morning with a full charge. One previous Greenlings looked at EV charging basics and another Greenlings explained some of the options for home recharging. We recommend reading through those pieces as a primer for the article that follows if you’re unfamiliar with some of the underlying concepts for recharging electric cars. As more and more plug-in vehicles come to market, though, we’ll need to be able to figure out answers for people who can’t easily recharge in their own garage. So, today, we’re going to answer a question from reader Kellan O., who wrote in to ask:

I live in an apartment along with a lot of other urban residents of the world. How would I realistically recharge a plug-in hybrid or pure battery car (aside from a 200 ft. extension cord out of my window)?

A 200-foot extension cord would indeed be a problem. Continue reading after the jump for some answers.

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