California is taking a big step towards solving the only real problem with EVs - charging for people who don't own a garage.

Summary

Starting in 2026, California will require all new residential units with parking spaces to be EV charger-ready, significantly increasing access to electric vehicle charging.

Multi-family developments must equip at least one EV-ready spot per unit, while hotels, commercial lots, and parking renovations will also face new EV charging mandates.

Advocacy groups praise the policy, emphasizing its balanced approach to affordability and infrastructure needs.

The initiative aligns with California’s 2035 ban on new gas-powered car sales, aiming to address key barriers to EV adoption and support the state’s transition to electrification.

  • Strykker@programming.dev
    24·
    2 days ago

    You know why we have 99% of the regulations we do? Because without them houses we’re catching fire and killing everyone inside, or collapsing in a stiff breeze killing everyone inside.

    Generally regulations exist because uncountable numbers of people died first.

    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
      58·
      2 days ago

      While I agree, there is a line where the addition of more safety features just adds up little by little over the years and makes houses unnaffordable.

      And at some point people dying on the streets from being homeless will surpass how many lives are being saved by said safety features.

      Now, if we have reached that point yet I cannot say but the line is there and it will be crossed at some point if we haven’t yet.

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      312·
      2 days ago

      Sure, but then at some point it became a nightmare of expensive stupid things like running conduit for every electrical line line in a wall or ceiling (Chicago) that some bureaucrat put in to justify a pay raise. It’s raised the cost of building a house several times faster than inflation, and a major reason there’s a housing shortage.