Street charging at 10-30a wouldn't require much more infrastructure than existing street lights; most cars are parked on the street for hours at a time (dependi

Street charging at 10-30a wouldn't require much more infrastructure than existing street lights; most cars are parked on the street for hours at a time (depending on if parking near where the owner lives / works or "just visiting"). An hour at 16a / 240v is 10-15 miles of added range. An AC charger is basically just a smart extension cord. A public AC charger is a smart extension cord plus a payment terminal or 3g backhaul to payment APIs and maybe power balancing (draw 30a if nothing else is charging; draw 5a if every other charger on the circuit is also charging). You could have a street with 20 of these things and it'd draw the same power as a normal house (IE it's not big infrastructure). It wouldn't be perfect, but it's certainly possible. The key to thinking about charging EVs is you can do it without the person attending to the process. Plug car in; walk away.