So you may recall that my father in law has an electric car, a chevy bolt. Paid around $30,000 for it a few years ago, 260+ mile range.
I rented a house about 100 miles from where he lives. He came down to visit in his electric car. He asked me if the house had a dryer plug so he could charge his car. I told him yes, but he needed a long plug to reach the parking area, about 50 feet. He's a stubborn old bastard, did not bring the extra cord. Sure enough, he needed at least 20-30 more feet of plug to even be close to plugging in his car.
Since his car is part of the battery recall it will only charge to like 80%. it was on 76% when he left our town, and was down to ~120 miles of charge when he got to the city we were staying in (Port O'Connor, TX). We looked around for a 230 V outlet like an RV plug or similar but the only plug was for the dryer and the cord wouldn't reach. His plant was to stay a few hours, charge the car 20-50 miles of extra charge, and head home. He barely made it, with the A/C off on a 100 degree day.
It probably would have been OK if there had been a level 3 charger on the way home, but there is not. We're not there yet with EV infrastructure to take these cars on longer trips.
