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Proprietary plug? Compatibility? They are following the CCS standard.

May build 1000 over unknown period? Did you miss the Walmart announcement yesterday? And electrify America has their timeline well defined on their website

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Ok, you are correct - but this article presents the info in a super confusing way.

A much better presentation is: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/04/electrify-america-will-...

But we've already have many companies claiming they would build nationwide networks and it never happened. They are broken, etc. Only tesla has build a worldwide network that works well, and has stood up to the test of time.

Can you give examples of broken promises? I think evgo and chargepoint have held true to what they promised. And I don't think Volkswagen and Porsche cancelling their plans (after VW being legally mandated and Porsche designing a 800 volt 350kw level3 charging car)

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