Fair enough, but I bet screwed up trips with no good plans or forethought are more normal than not.
I watched a video a year or two ago about the problems this one reviewer had trying to get a charger to work. It didn't seem as simple as putting your credit card into a machine and pressing a button, the way it is with gasoline. At the time they needed a cell phone with data plan and a subscription to something or other. I hope that was just an example of teething problems. We're supposed to be living in a service-oriented culture, all these things should be easy not difficult.
I was wondering something. If your car is plugged in at a charger, can someone unplug your car and transfer the plug over to theirs and charge up on your dime?
Also, I wondered if in time we'll see home chargers be rented out to travellers à la Air BnB? "Air Charge" or something?
Charging is not ready for prime time. I saw similar YouTube videos recently. Issues with different charger connection cables and defective charging stations were common. Then you had to wait if someone was using the one in front of you. Many stations are slow charging unlike the Tesla quick charges slowing down the charging process considerably. The biggest issue is not enough charging stations spread around especially if you don't follow main routes like many photographers wouldn't in the countryside. What do you do if your battery dies? It costs a fortune to tow.
Right now, charging a second car at home seems the best for people wanting an EV. Use it to get around town but use the second gas-fired car for trips, bigger loads, family outings, etc.
I saw a Ted presentation recently that indicated that you have to run an EV for tens of thousands of miles until you can offset the CO2 used to build the battery with the savings of CO2 using electric to run the car. The bigger the battery to extend range, the worse it gets.
A better option from that standpoint seems to be hybrid cars combining gas and electic as they have much smaller batteries. Even though you're burning some gas, the overall approach is better from a CO2 production basis when including the CO2 created during the initial manufacturing