And to finally agree on a charging standard and to guarantee that all brands of charger will charge all brands of EV on that standard.
It is profoundly stupid to not agree on a charging standard. North America is now slowly standardizing on CCS with Tesla's plug on the end.
It is profoundly stupid to tolerate charging infrastructure which only charges one brand. You can fuel your ICE vehicle at any fuel station and you should be able to charge your EV at any charging station. Anything less than that is substandard, backward, and primitive.
Europe is so much further ahead of North America on EV infrastructure because Europe standardized on CCS type 2 Combo. Having a common standard has driven the investment into and the development of charging networks.
Europe has almost, but not totally, stamped out brand exclusive chargers. The remaining brand exclusive chargers need to be opened to all EVs.
> So while we’re waiting for that “convenient charging network” to appear, what should we do?
Emulate Europe. They're leading on this.
Here's the European charging infrastructure plan for the rest of the decade:
https://www.fleeteurope.com/en/new-energies/europe/article/f...