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Agree with everything (especially the 10 x 500kW > 6 x 1MW part), I'm not saying building out the infrastructure will not happen, I'm just saying that it will be difficult and what I see in real world is far from the ideal you're describing. On any longer travel I have to pass through low travel areas. Entering cities to charge is impractical because getting in and out can take 0.5-1h. The chargers are still unreliable so planning a longer route is not easy. I have to carefully check the chargers maps, looking at the distances between each charger and possible backups. 99% of people are not going to do this. Until a big. reliable network of fast chargers exists they will just stick to gasoline cars (or protest if you force them to switch). And building such networks is a slow and expensive.