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You don't need some special charger. I charged from a normal wall plug for ages until I paid an electrician to upgrade it (and even then it was only an upgrade to a 15 amp circuit). You'll recharge fully overnight without any trouble.

What you'll end up doing is just buying one of those outdoor-rated extension leads that you can find in a gardening store and running it under the garage door out to where you park the car.

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I suppose the concern in rural/suburban areas is what happens when you need to be on the road? If you really need to charge, do you have to go out of your way to find a charging station? Gas stations are everywhere.

> Gas stations are everywhere.

For now. As fewer people need them, that will likely change.

I think you're right. As with the charging stations, it's all about critical mass. When enough people have EVs, they'll be everywhere and convenient. And I expect they'll find a way around the slow charge, too, such as just swapping out batteries.

And eventually there will be so few gas cars on the road that "gas" stations have to be something else. It won't make economic sense to haul that fuel to as many places, and many will close or repurpose.

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