I've been saying for years that we're "littered" with AC chargers. We have a ridiculous amount, commercial buildings, parking structures, shopping centers big and small, along highway corridors, hotels, can't built new multifamily residential without AC chargers, etc etc.

 

Yes, there are a ridiculous number of AC chargers. What good does an AC charger do in a parking lot that you'll be in for 10 minutes? Now, if they were all DC chargers, that would be fine by me.

 

Level 2 is better than a 110v outlet?

Yeah, 200k AC chargers is a pointless announcement...

But my daily charge time is 15-20 minutes, so if it was free for me to use one, and they were usually available, I'd absolutely plug in for ten minutes when running into a store.

 

Why not count every garage with at least one 120v outlet?
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Quick flick through Zapmap and the chargers in San Jose seem to be 6-7kW, which for one hour is 18-21 miles (assuming 3 miles per kW), not great for an epic cross America road trip but perfectly decent for a little top up. A further check revealed that there are also 13-19kW 3 phase chargers, which for the i4 all equals 11kW (I think they're 11kW both sides of the pond) which is 33 miles, perfectly decent for round town pottering

 

that doesn't sound right. EVs in the US can't charge on three phase power. If you saw 13-19 kW L2 stations, that is single phase 240 V at up to 80 amps. I live in the SF Bay Area and there are tons of DCFCs around the area, as well as plenty of L2 stations, though those are mostly 6 kW (30 amps, 208 V AC).