This will never happen and is not the answer. Why should general car parking have a huge supply of EV posts? Who would pay for that? Thats the reason public charging is so expensive because the Gov has made no investment, unlike say France, and without that, companies want to recoup their money as soon as possible and we will soon be seeing £1 per kwh.
This is only an issue while we are using inefficient EV’s with low ranges. We tried doing a plug in on a 7Kw charge point whilst shopping and we got about an extra 4-5 miles of range. It just wasn’t worth the hassle.
In my view, the only viable solution is to get charge points installed near/at homes where people park overnight so people move to that model for 99% of charging. If you then sort out payment so everyone pays each time they charge, and have some kind of national charging ID linked to your car, then where you plug in (i.e. if you are on holiday somewhere) matters less. This will require the Gov to invest so that prices for this can be fair and not sky high. However, they’re so blinkered by being carbon zero which brings us the most expensive electricity in the world, that they’d rather spend on that than on what we really need.
Relating on the general experience here. Last two years has been with a volvo C40, the one with two engines.
In comparison to previous ones (volvo v90cc, 2x mini countryman, land rover evoque), this one has provided way more functionality per problem experienced than the rest. Partly by not having any problems whatsoever.
While its initially fun with something that is fast and quite agile (400hp & 650nm in a small car is quite obscene), that wear off quite quickly. The silence however, is just wonderful. Not hearing any engine, not that much else either. Being able to talk or listen to music at normal levels is simply great.
Charging is mainly covered by wall outlets. Readily available everywhere. Fast charging has only been used on some few longer trips, then it has been some 10% frustration, otherwise just operation. For us it just works, but we have actually not used it outside the southern half of Sweden. Usually reaches 440 km during summer, 340 km in mid winter.
This is from the perspective of a family with two kids, that mainly use the car within a 150 km radius. We prefer compact, but where we fit, that drives on all wheels (winter, country house, etc.). Likes that it is made in Europe, that it is not covered in weird features, and that it is quite discreet.
That things actually works fine, and the silence, have turned us to EVs. Also, not relying on petrol/diesel and the sometimes quite weird countries/industries producing it is a big things for us.