To jump onto the "comment having nothing to do with the article" pile:

1) I wonder how many of those chargers are tesla? (not the elon windmill tilting argument, but) These chargers are not compatible with many EVs. In my opinion, the well integrated charging network is the single biggest tesla technical advantage, but not much help to many other types of cars.

2) Also, the need to "run the app" for each specific charger vendor, and often a requirement to keep a cash balance on that app account, is a major impediment to easy "public" charger usage. I've never _ever_ seen a gas station that required me to "be a member" to pump gas 8-/ California, at least, should outlaw this restriction. A person should be able to plug in the CC and charge.

3) WRT charger compatibility with a car: I also don't see why "public" chargers don't offer a standard 240v outlet. Then any car's portable charger brick could be plugged in regardless of fast charge compatibility with that charger. This wouldn't provide fast charging, but it would allow pretty much any car to be plugged into pretty much any charger.

4) Almost this entire comments page is dedicated to the "road trip" scenario. My guess would be that for most people this amounts to less than 1% of total miles driven in any given year. For appt dwellers, access to "public" charging is a daily requirement, but for anyone living in a house, it's not. I've owned my used EV for ~9 months, and I've never charged anywhere except my house. I have a gas car I use for long trips, which I hope to replace with a plug-in hybrid eventually. And quite frankly, an EV with a 300+ mile range is enough for a typical vacationer to drive for a full day, and then stay in a charging friendly location.

The idea that people leave their house and need to drive 500 miles, for their commute, is a super minuscule portion of the population. Fixating on that produces invalid conclusions.