Meanwhile, in Illinois...

[Jolly]

https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/law-soon-requires-new-illinois-homes-include-electric-vehicle-charging

[George K]

You will be made to comply.

Now, about those gas stoves...

[Mik]

I don't know. We require certain things like indoor plumbing, electric connection, etc. that were not always common and may not have been wanted in some cases. I can see both sides here, but I guess my biggest concern is that electric cars may be a short-lived phenomenon, fading away if hydrogen cells or some other technology holds sway.

[Axtremus]

High speed Internet access is something that is wanted darned near universally, yet there is no legal mandate to build access infrastructure for all new or renovated residential buildings. You can certainly say that that’s because the demand is so great as to make a legal mandate unnecessary, but that just reflects that the things that require legal mandates are really things that has insufficient natural demand.

[Mik]

A perfect example of my concern about rapidly changing technology. Internet access started with dialup, then to cable, then to fiber optics, now you don't need any infrastructure at all. I can see non-combustion engine vehicles doing similarly.

[Copper]

[taiwan_girl]

I agree that this seems to be too much. If someone wants to buy a family home, then maybe the builder could be required to offer this as an option, but it should not be a requirement.

I would rather see some sort of "requirement" to have X% charging stations in a new apartment complex. (For example, if you have 100 units, you have 10 charging stations, etc.) To me, this would be better.