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by balaji1 1277 days ago
Ah right so there's chargers at work and at home, then you wouldn't notice the charge times. I have heard folks having to drive to and wait at charger locations, that is a hassle. So that's only until the charging infra at apartments and offices catch up.
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My apartment has no charging infra, it just has a few regular 110v outlets, the exact same kind people have in their houses.

As for superchargers being busy, I guess there might be some specific one that is busy at a specific time of the day? Because I have about 4 different supercharger locations within 7 miles of where I am, and that's not counting non-Tesla-branded chargers. For context, I am in Seattle area, and as I am looking out of my window overlooking Mercer St, at any given point in time, I can see at least 2-3 Teslas (not even counting other EVs), which tells me that a lot of people find EVs to be very viable in this area.

3 years ago, there was only 1 supercharger location within that same distance. Every other grocery store and a large public location where people park (like IKEA or a movie theater) has charging spots.

My musings aside, overall I agree with you. However, charging infrastructure these days is more viable already than what most people assume. Not everywhere yet, of course, but it is getting there.