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Great ... nanny state is full action. So much for individual rights ...
Slippery slope people. Slippery slope.
The bill does not force landlords to install EV chargers, if that is what concerns you. It simply empowers tenants who want to pay for installing a charger to be allowed to do so.
Cognitive dissonance aside....That seems like a positive development. I see no "nanny state" implications.
Power to the people!
Cognitive dissonance aside....
Suppose the "installing resident" chose a "bad device", or the "installing electrician" did a poor installation, or the "consuming vehicle" has a fault of some kind... and the device catches fire and the dwelling burns down. It will be interesting to see who pays the bill for the mess.
There's a significant difference between the "charging appliance" and a "vehicle that uses it", IMO.As far as liability is concerned, we could turn the question around, what happens if a gas car catches fire and burns down the building? But it's pretty easy to guess at, electrician or their insurance if the problem is with the install. Car owner/insurance if it's the car. Device owner/renters insurance for a faulty device. And of course we have courts for when the car manufacturer blames a faulty device and the device manufacturer blames the car.
Great ... nanny state is full action. So much for individual rights ...
Slippery slope people. Slippery slope.
Great ... nanny state is full action. So much for individual rights ...
Slippery slope people. Slippery slope.
This helps signficantly for the concern area I mentioned.
- The tenant has to maintain a $1,000,000 liability policy specifically naming the property
The bill does not force landlords to install EV chargers, if that is what concerns you. It simply empowers tenants who want to pay for installing a charger to be allowed to do so.
Quote from the article: "California lawmakers have passed a bill that would enable residential and commercial tenants to install electric-vehicle charging stations, provided that they foot the bill, according to Charged EVs. If passed into a law, Assembly Bill 2565 would make it harder for landlords to enact lease provisions that would prevent tenants from buying and installing such stations".
That seems like a positive development. I see no "nanny state" implications.
Power to the people!
This helps signficantly for the concern area I mentioned.
Great ... nanny state is full action. So much for individual rights ...
Slippery slope people. Slippery slope.
Exactly, and renting in the more expensive areas of the state is terribly common, even for those with high income.I don't see what this has to do with any overblown fears of a nanny state. It is fairly common for prospective Tesla owners who are renters to be stymied by this issue. Maybe you think someone who rents shouldn't have a Tesla?
This will be more of a big deal when the Model III is available.
As a landlord, I am in favor of this. While initially I had some concerns, I believe they have been addressed.
The bill has many exceptions, including:
- residential rental properties with fewer than 50 parking spaces
- Properties subject to rent control (gee, that's most of So Cal).
- The tenant has to pay for EVERYTHING: install, permits, damages
- The tenant has to be the one to hire a licensed contractor, not the landlord
- The tenant has to maintain a $1,000,000 liability policy specifically naming the property
- All local codes and laws must be followed, yada, yada.
- If 10% of spaces already have charging available, the Landlord need not comply
- If the tenant does not have a reserved parking spot, he/she can be charged a monthly rate for access to a reserved spot
We're starting to see that here in the Bay Area. Our building advertises its EV hookups aggressively, and we're up to around 10 EV/Plug-In Hybrids for something like 150 or so units. Looking around the rentals on Craigslist, I'm starting to see 240V garage hookups of various types noted in the listing with some regularity.I would also make the argument that a Tesla-owning, presumably pro-EV landlord might want to consider watching EV adoption rates over the next few years. Based on that, you might want to proactively offer some charging infrastructure in your properties as a competitive advantage to attract high-income tenants, and also help EV adoption.