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[-] PetulantBandicoot@aussie.zone 10 points 3 months ago

Makes sense, if you live in an apartment, where do you charge your car?

[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago

More density also equals better public transport and walkability, so easier to go car free or car light.

[-] PetulantBandicoot@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Interesting, does that lead to a significant less uptake to personal vehicles all up for inner suburbs then?

[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

All I could find is this map: https://www.microburbs.com.au/heat-map/cars-per-household#151.21574744788342:-33.84319955763839:13 but I'm not sure where the data is sourced from. It does show lower car ownership in more central areas of Sydney.

And this, but it only splits by "greater metropolitan" type areas, which would obviously include outer suburbs: https://profile.id.com.au/australia/car-ownership?WebID=260

It does show there is slightly lower motor vehicle ownership in cities broadly, and I'd anecdotally expect that to be lower within inner suburbs.

And for Brisbane: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/where-in-brisbane-do-people-own-the-most-cars-search-for-your-suburb-20230712-p5dnou.html

indicates higher car ownership as you go further from the CBD, although it only compares 3 or more cars vs less than 3.

EDIT: Oh and this quote from the Brisbane Times article:

The top five suburbs with no cars were in the inner-city with more public transport and walking options – Brisbane City (40.4 per cent of homes had no vehicles), Bowen Hills (29.2 per cent), Fortitude Valley (28.7 per cent), Spring Hill (23.8 per cent) and South Brisbane (21.9 per cent).

[-] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Body Corporate will usually let you install a charger.

The bigger issue is if you live in the city, how much driving do you do? 50km each month? Someone who drives that far daily will benefit more from an EV

[-] PetulantBandicoot@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Yes, from my understanding EVs have way less maintenance than ICEs, so would be better considering the lack of travel.

[-] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Sure but any car will have low maintenance if you don't drive it much.

[-] zurohki@aussie.zone 4 points 3 months ago

If you live in an apartment and own a car, you're parking it somewhere. Get chargers installed there.

It might mean talking to the local council about roadside chargers or talking to strata about installing a charger in the basement car park, but it's not an unsolvable problem. Though actually solving it might mean waiting until more voters are pressuring council.

[-] macrocephalic@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

One of my colleagues bought a model3 recently, he charges it in one of the charging bays in his apartment building.

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