Optional now, mandated sometime in the future.
Does anyone think that EV charging won’t be controlled by the same foolishness? When gas cars are in the junk heap, and you have an EV, the charger will be controlled by a central authority, and you will be unable to charge your car at times dictated by the all-knowing, all-powerful Energy Czars.
But the ruling elite will be able to charge whenever they want. You’ll be stuck at home.
This is why they want to make us switch from gas to electric ovens and then go after our gas water heaters and furnaces.