This is the typical chicken and egg problem. No charging stations, no electric cars; no electric cars, no charging stations. Without charging stations everywhere, the range of EV's will remain a problem, until battery and charging technologies deliver break-throughs in increased capacity and shorter charge time. Scientists say it will take 5 to 10 years to get there.
Market research firm Frost and Sullivan estimates that the U.S will have over 4 million charging stations by 2017. How will we'll get there remains a big unanswered question. An entire industry, and tens of thousands of green jobs depend on them.
