Be still my heart.
The goal is that everyone, in whatever property, should have access to suitable charging facilities that don't require a long walk in the rain, or a second family car to ferry the driver to and from the charger. This includes people living alone, living in upper flats, and people with restricted mobility. And that means meaningful access - not a couple of charge-points that are always in use so you practically have to camp out to get on one. Also that when needing to charge out and about, there should be sufficient working charge points that drivers can rely on getting a charge when they need it, without serious concerns about the charger being out of service, or a very long wait to get on it, so that one stop long enough for a meal can be planned, rather than all this half an hour here and twenty minutes there "just in case".
I want to be able to say, I know I can get to Killington Lake, that's a nice stop and a nice restaurant, and I'll stop there long enough to have lunch and fill right up. Because I know I can rely on getting on a rapid charger that works there, just as much as I knew I could rely on getting my ICE car a tank full of petrol there.
I don't want to have to think, bugger here's Southwaite, it's a bit of a dump but I better stop for a coffee in case I can't get on a charger at Killington Lake. Conversely, I don't want to be approaching Killington Lake at a low SoC thinking, this had better be bloody working because I'm not sure if I can get to Kirkby Lonsdale if it isn't.
I don't want to be getting out of my car in the dark in a monsoon struggling with a charger I don't know how to pay for while getting soaked to the skin. I want to park at a charger that works, that takes the same payment a petrol station would accept, that's under a canopy similar to the canopy over a petrol forecourt, and walk dry and sheltered to a Costa or something.
