IIRC, Tesla is currently installing ~2,400 stalls per year in the US. It could be higher now as the rate tends to trend up over time.
Of course, lots of third parties are ramping up now too (Pilot, Flying J, Circle-K, and the non-EA/Wal-Mart branded sites).
And really I think that’s probably enough. It’s not like anyone’s putting the charge port in the middle of the roof.
The cables at Electrify America and some other places are often much longer and it doesn’t seem to be a big issue. The only issues I’ve seen with the cables themselves are some form of sabotage like someone cutting them off or breaking the connector.
Although I do think they are going to need a little bit of a redesign of the v4 cabinet. I'm hearing that the holster design isn't working all that well in real world use.
Putting it on the passenger side means I need to walk around the car nearly every time even though I pretty much never street park the car. No thanks.
The important thing to take away from this is we are still figuring out details and so should not lockin yet.
(Now I'm curious if the relationship between range and battery capacity is merely sublinear or if it actually peaks at some point i.e. there is a maximum theoretical range beyond which increasing battery capacity reduces range)
Does the gas port go on the side opposite the exhaust?
diesel trucks figured it out - you can pump from either side (or both).
The problem is when 80% or more are on one side (like Teslas are all on the same side now) and the rest are not.