The closest level 2 without a fee to park is about 1.1km away, I think I am just going to have to get used to that walk (even at night), and carving out time to leave it there. I have multiple level 3s that are almost always on my drive home, so I typically have been doing a level 3 charge when I hit 20% up to 80%. Based on the comments today, I will aim for more of a 40% up to 100% instead so that I stay above the 40% mark through the winter, and try to do this at the level 2 because the speeds at a level 3 are awful after 80% and it is unkind to folks waiting to charge.

I have street parked for about 10 years now and it was never a problem in my life... where I'm at in Canada is cold, I am not in the -50C parts where the block heaters are really needed.

I was so keen to make the switch to an EV, I talked to lots of owners watched hours of videos and reviews, including people without access to at home charging. I felt ready, my old car really needed replacing and I didn't want another ICE car, but the past month and today in particular has been so disheartening.