Tesla, and non-hybrid EV in general, have a co-dependent relationship with charging stations to overcome "range anxiety". This is especially true for those od us who live in cold climates and must drive in conditions unfavorable to operating batteries, such as -20 to -40 degree weather.
I'm also very curious to see what the electric pickup trucks that all the manufacturers are not-so-secretly working on end up being capable of. A frequent consequence of rural life is needing to haul heavy things, such as wood for repairing out buildings or outdoor furnaces, or towing boats to go fishing.
I made a 2800 Km (5 days) trip through Italy a few months ago, it was a breeze with SC and abetterrouteplanner.com, never had to wait at chargers. To give you an idea what kind of roads we travelled: http://666kb.com/i/dxjj2jkx7h0uvhmmg.jpg
Range anxiety: 0. Cost: only road tolls. I can imagine range anxiety and charging costs being an issue with other brands of EV (non-Tesla chargers in Italy are often horrendously expensive) and of course there's more planning involved than with an ICE, but for Tesla owners, this has been a non-issue for quite a while (at least in western/central/northern Europe and most likely the USA).
The USA is huge. Imagine an EU with 50 represented countries, and a common-ish heritage, spread them out across twice the land mass, and you have the USA- lots of cities, lots of land. Just like the EU, different countries (states) have different adoption rates. In short, parts of the USA have much better support and adoption of EV's, and the adoption will likely radiate out from there.
Only limited areas of the USA, as evidenced by my recent trip. That'll change over time, but as you also pointed out with the case of non-tesla chargers, one limitation of EV in general is the co-dependency on new infrastructure.
Even with an ICE, there was a (small) amount of range anxiety, in that some areas had 30-45 miles between exits with gas stations near by. Get caught up in a podcast or some good music, and if you're not paying attention, it's not impossible to run out of gas out there.
For me personally, if I can get the first two, then I'll gladly give a bit on the third (even though I regularly do a one-day, 1400km drive and 1-hr charging times would slow me down dramatically).
Tesla right now has the range pretty alright, and the charging speed not bad (but not close to your 20 min full charge), but the cost is just too high. I'll keep driving my 7 year old Yaris.
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Reproduced here: The Tesla Supercharger v3 DOES achieve this. Can do >210 miles of charging in 20 minutes. 67% state of charge on a Model 3 LR in just 20 minutes, which works out to 210 miles of range on the EPA standard, and over 430km of range on the European standard. The Tesla Supercharger v3 DOES achieve this. Can do >210 miles of charging in 20 minutes. 67% state of charge on a Model 3 LR in just 20 minutes, which works out to 210 miles of range on the EPA standard, which works out to about 400km of range in 20 minutes charging on the European standard. https://electrek.co/2019/03/07/tesla-v3-supercharger-action-...
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