For a large percentage of common use cases this is not an issue. EV drivers by and large do other valuable things while their vehicles charge, like work and sleep.
> Current electric cars need convenient locations built for charging ports.
This is only true for apartment dwellers (for now). People who live in houses typically charge at home.
> Designing and building enough of these recharging stations requires massive infrastructure development, which means the energy distribution and storage system is being rebuilt at tremendous cost to accommodate the need for continual local battery recharge
> Users would be able to drop off the spent electrolytes at gas stations, which would then be sent in bulk to solar farms, wind turbine installations or hydroelectric plants for reconstitution or re-charging into the viable electrolyte and reused many times.
How is this fueling and distribution system cheaper or more efficient than the grid plus a bunch of 240v/60a outlets, most of which are already available in home garages. If instant refueling is a really a dire need for someone, they can just get a plugin hybrid (i.e. Chevy Volt) and no new infrastructure needed at all.
Edit: removed snarky words