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So for me I make a trek to my parents house ~150 miles away a few times a year.
In good weather (and good battery condition), I could maybe skip hitting the chargers all together, or get a little bit of charging at my parents house from a wall outlet.
Unless my parents (or my grandfather that I also visit fairly regularly who lives the same distance in a different direction) installed a better charger at their place... In colder weather (e.g. Christmas), I'd almost definitely need to use a charger while going at least one direction.
The problem is, in both cases, there are like 5-10 charges total (not charging stations, chargers) where as there are like 5-10 gas stations all right next to the interstate each with at least 4 pumps, many with 8+ pumps.
I'm concerned that during peak travel in cold weather (e.g. Christmas time travel), I could easily find myself in a bad situation where I can't get a charger because they're all too far away, broken, or in use. There's just not enough redundancy.