Sure, but when you’re on a road trip and need to charge, “at home” means nothing. Just last month I ended up waiting almost 35 minutes to charge for 10 minutes because my wife had run the car low enough that we couldn’t get home without charging. We charge at home 99.999% of the time but when I need to charge on the go, waiting 30 minutes isn’t really an acceptable solution.
Kudos to California, here’s hoping other states follow suit. I’d estimate we need about double the fast chargers as gas station nozzles to provide acceptable wait times once there’s mass EV adoption (assuming no dramatic increase in charging speeds).
Of course, but most people overestimate how much of super speed chargers we need, just provide 20kw chargers inside every parking garage and need for super speed charging will be lowered significantly. also just having 10 kw in my favorite restaurant is enough for 1.5 hour i spend there. everyone gravitates to most expensive gadgets, but simple small is many time better value. of course im not saying do not build super chargers, but we kinda say we need them, even when we dont.
Maybe solution can be new app, connect bluetooth dongle to cars OBD port and provide more accurate range estimation than car infotainment does, after a while start providing said service to car manufacturers...?