Is That an EV Charger Hiding in a Poop-Bag Dispenser?

"On East 2nd between Avenues B and C, one can sometimes catch sight of a yellow extension cord being thrown down from a window in a brick co-op, where it is then picked up by a man who pulls the cord through the bars of an iron fence, duct-tapes it to the sidewalk, and plugs it into his Lincoln Corsair."

"To be clear, none of this is legal, and it's happening for the same reason that New Yorkers double-park, block bike lanes, and buy gray-market weed: We're a speedy city run by slow-moving bureaucrats. Right now, New York is both the wild west of unregulated DIY EV charging and a "hotbed of EV charging innovation," per The Wall Street Journal's reporting on how companies selling chargers are trying to fill a gap here."

Drivers in New York improvise EV charging by running extension cords from apartments and looping cables around signs, trees, lampposts, and fences. Some rigs are duct-taped to sidewalks or threaded through iron bars to reach parked cars. Others hide outlets inside little free libraries, on utility poles, and in dog-poop-bag dispensers. These setups are illegal but proliferate because many residents lack home garages and accessible public chargers. Companies selling chargers are trying to fill the gap. The phenomenon reflects city commuters adapting to slower public infrastructure rollout and the contrast between urban and suburban charging habits.

Read at Curbed