Title of the thread says it all. I feel like I’ll be one of few who likely won’t have home charging for the duration of ownership. In less than a month, I’m actually moving out of a friend’s place (with a garage / level 1 charging) into an apartment building with no usable outlets. Car should arrive around the same time.
I created this thread to update folks and share in the pain with any other likeminded goofballs out there about juicing-up using public chargers exclusively. I plan to alternate between EVgo (max 50kw, more availability, within 5 miles of me) and Electrify America (max 150kw, 10 miles away from me).
I think you can do it. I have friends who do it both in SoCal and the Bay. But it's definitely a thing you have to plan around and is net much more inconvenient than visiting the dead dinosaur juice bar, that is until 150 kW charging becomes as common as 50 kW is now.
Going to assume you drive up to ~200 mi a week and most of that is averaging at most 50 mph because LA traffic still sucks.
In that case, I think you're looking at ~45 min/wk at 50 kW chargers and and ~20/wk min at 150 kW stations. Obviously the less you drive and the less fast you drive the better.
If you can pair that with grocery runs or other routine errands, and trickle charge at friends' places when visiting, all the better.
I'd also try to work something out with your apt mgmt to see if you can make a deal happen. Even if you can arrange for Level 1 trickle charging at your place that would be much more convenient. A few overnights level 1 charges while you sleep (if you sleep) would work for most.
