The key issue of charging electric vehicles will also completely change the face of "fuel" retailing. The cost of linking each of the 8000+ UK petrol stations to the grid to enable it to charge multiple EVs is up to £2 million per retail outlet, a total conversion cost of about £16 billion.Charging EVs at home creates significant issues for the majority of drivers who live in houses without garages or in apartments and who keep their cars on the street. Given the time required to charge an EV fully, most charging is likely to take place at home overnight.

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How can the infrastructure be put in place to enable on-street charging without creating a web of cables running from houses to the roadside?

2: How do you think Tesla have reconciled the demands of commercializing a product that carries this burden of cost from innovation?

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