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▲ tomwojcik 20 hours ago

We don't have a lot of superchargers etc. so you mostly rely on what you collect yourself.

EVs here make the most sense if you have solar panels on the roof, something to store the energy in and obviously a house.

Most of the Poles don't have a house.

Edit: superchargers map https://www.tesla.com/pl_pl/findus?bounds=60.47900349927211%...

I know it's not about Tesla only, but it says something.

▲ASalazarMX 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Local legislation can make a huge difference. In my country, you can install solar panels without storage, pump the electricity directly to the company, consume theirs, and pay the difference. Our house produces more than we consume, so charging an EV would still be mostly free for us.

If the energy company didn't buy our electricity, we would be forced to use batteries to store the surplus to charge the EV batteries.

The only disadvantage is that during a blackout, we still produce energy but can't use it. Fortunately blackouts are very rare in my region.

▲tomwojcik 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Same here, but the initial cost is gigantic. And after a lot of Poles made the leap of faith and went all in on renewables, the gov changed the rules of buying/selling so now if you don't have a storage, there's a very small chance this investment will ever pay off. And if you want to have a storage, then you basically need a small bunker, a separate structure, to stay compliant, which requires from you to be even more wealthy.