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Emilia Terzon

The EV 'social equity' dilemma that may put apartment residents off electric cars

Holding a 100 metre cable, Mauricio Perez laughs about his bizarre predicament. This yellow cord is the only way he could feasibly charge his electric car at home.

He'd have to plug it into his living room's power point, run it down his third level apartment's balcony, and then into the building's car park up to his Tesla.

"I think given the safety issues that are involved, that's probably not acceptable," Mauricio says.

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