EVDRIVER
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JeremyW said:My friggin license plate is CHAdeMO and I too think without a network comparable to the supercharger network it's still a regional-only car.
I'm not sure how a license plate validates a public need clearly a personal one. Not everyone drives cross sate/country or needs to in an EV. Look at the statistics. A true 250 mile EV would satisfy the majority of drivers with no high-speed network. Even a one-way trip can cover 100% of driving for the MAJORITY of drivers in the US. 250 miles a day is quite a distance and if it were here tomorrow affordably a lack of a high speed network would not be a huge issue for years, solving the needs of 100% of drivers does not need to be immediate and they all are not going to run out and buy an EV. How many people in the US drive more than 250 miles a day and how often, that slice of the pie is very small and not the immediate need to satisfy in relative terms. In time such an infrastructure would be in place but it is backward since the capacity is not here yet, once it is any needed network would quickly follow based on demand economics.