The issue of EV journeys being extended by long waits for access to charging stations has emerged from the possible to the inevitable, as shown here. This has been a concern from the beginning and the slow construction of charging stations hasn't seemed to improve the situation. A multi-billion dollar federal program hasn't accomplished anything either.
A 50kw public charger is supposed to be able to bring the battery charge of a Tesla Model Y from 20% to 80% in about an hour, if it's available. Due to the lack of charging facilities, waiting in line for your turn at juice replenishment must be added to the time required.
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This is diametrically opposed to everything the private automobile stands for and Americans expect and demand in every area of life. Speed, no waiting, no queuing, is the standard in everything from grocery shopping to hamburgers to bank transactions to funeral visitations. The idea that Yankees will happily interrupt their trip to sit in a line and listen to Sirius radio while the offspring belted into child seats in the back scream and tear at each others hair is preposterous. Of course this assumes that there will be offspring. One balm to the situation will be the omnipresent smart phone. Stationary drivers will be able to while away the time doing business or chatting with friends and lovers as electronic potential oozes into their batteries. Small consolation, they can do that while the car is in motion.
Just the same, everything considered, it seems unlikely that impatient Americans will entirely change their attitudes toward time, their time, in order to accommodate the wishes of the electro-fixated climate anxious.
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