I get by fine with 240v/20a charging (16a in reality). Street charging, leveraging things like existing utility lines to street lights, isn't a huge lift. The

I get by fine with 240v/20a charging (16a in reality). Street charging, leveraging things like existing utility lines to street lights, isn't a huge lift. The individual chargers can balance the current they deliver among themselves if / when they share a common feed. Similarly in large parking lots where people spend lots of time, you can put "low power" DC charging so people can charge while they're shopping. The key to thinking about EV charging vs petrol charging is that you can and should do it without locking the operator to the vehicle -- plug in and walk away should be the expected interaction. DC fast charging like using petrol is useful in a very specific use case (long distance travel) but the requirement of "dump a gas tank of energy into an EV" is actually absurdly complex and requires huge power infrastructure. Around where I live many of the tesla superchargers have a natural gas fuel cell electric generator right next to them.