> Given the speeds at which EVs charge, at least every other parking spot at the stop would need a charger to make it viable for the average consumer This is n

> Given the speeds at which EVs charge, at least every other parking spot at the stop would need a charger to make it viable for the average consumer This is not based in reality. My car visits many dozens of parking spots in an average week. Only one of them needs a charger. When I leave the house, its fully charged with >200mi of range. I drop the kids off at school, I don't need to charge. I go to the office, I don't need to charge (although there are chargers available). I go to a restaurant for lunch, I don't need to charge. I go to the pharmacy, I don't need to charge (although there are chargers available). I go to hardware store, I don't need to charge. I go to grocer, I don't need to charge (although there are chargers available). I pick up the kids from school, I don't need to charge. We go to the city park, I don't need to charge (although there are chargers available). I get home, and plug in. Finally, it charges, even though it didn't use 25% of its capacity. It can charge slowly over several hours, imparting about the same load on the grid than my air conditioner or pool pump. I am absolutely an average American car consumer. Maybe only slightly less, as I don't own a pickup truck. I do agree, an EV today probably isn't for everyone. People who routinely do very long road trips might not have a great experience depending on where they are. People who absolutely can't charge at home and there aren't many chargers around their grocery stores or office probably shouldn't get an EV. Currently EV pickup trucks are stupid expensive and aren't great for towing, so if you're the kind of person putting his boat in the lake every weekend its probably not right for you today. But most Americans live in single-family homes, which generally speaking can easily get a several kW charger installed pretty cheap. And it wouldn't put much more load on the grid as any other appliance in their house.