These are fast chargers to top-off for extended trips.

Those places make a lot more sense than what the US is doing, which is putting its long distance fast chargers in weird ass parking lots that lack access to a restroom, convenient store, food, or even a bucket with a window squeegee.

DC fast chargers. Not level 2 240v chargers.

Next, what a shit article.

You need infrastructure for fast charging so that people can travel long distances.

It takes several hours to charge my car at home. I do that twice a week or so.

That's too long when I go on a trip long enough where you'd need to get gas . If I go to the supercharger, it's 25 minutes every four hours or so. That's just the opposite of a problem for me.

The only remaining problem for me is that there's not more fast DC chargers.

I'd really like to take my EV camping, but the places where I like to go camping are far from any fast charging and don't have RV plugs. A regular 120v/15A wall plug overnight would resolve the issue, but I just can't guarantee that one's available.

That's the only "range anxiety" I have. On a daily basis, I just never have to worry about running out of juice. It's just full all the time.

It's like a phone. I charge it every night (I don't even do that for the EV). The only problem is if I'm traveling, and cars and planes have charging for me.

Once there's more infrastructure, it's just no problem.

Fast chargers at sizeable gas stations make sense. Sheetz has already been putting them in at some larger locations.

In much of the rural US gas stations are a "one stop" - gas, groceries and often a restaurant. It would be a no brainier to add charging to those.

Places you can spend time at. Restaurants, coffee shops, even fast food, the mall, etc.

Oh c'mon everyone hangs out at the local gas station!

To your point, mandate public places not a relic of a dying industry.

At home either you’re responsible on your own or your landlord is, in fact in Germany many people rent. Here there is a law already: if requested, the landlord has to install an EV charger. In many parking lots of businesses at least where I live chargers already exist. I don’t know if this is another law or if it just works in that field.

True that not all gas stations have a lot of parking but most on the middle of the road, not in town, do have + other services.

This is a infrastructure problem. This is a near-term win to put these in gas stations where power infrastructure already exists or can exist. Massive power infrastructure doesn’t work quickly, it will take time but ultimately you’re correct to push for parking locations.

So you can't own an EV if you live in an apartment? Hmmm...