True that. Of course, I live in the southeast with a lower density population and a lot less EV's. Plus, I live in a home in a suburb (charge at home) vs living in an area with most residents in apartments (charging at a road charger even for local driving). Last but not least you pointed out it was NY, which is coooollllllddddd this time of year and greatly reduces charging speed. That's rarely an issue here in Sweet Home Alabama and areas near here (near enough I'd drive to instead of fly to). And even then we have an ICE pickup for times an EV won't cut it (i.e. if we decided to go on a road trip to see the country while visiting family and part of the trip had hundreds of miles with no fast chargers). Last but not least is the power rate difference. It's 15.7 cent per kWh here (according to my last power bill, which is up 20.8% YOY!!!) but costs me even less since about 80% of our power is free from solar.
I doubt I would have even thought of getting an EV if all those factors weren't in our favor. The Dims are control-freaks when they push EV's like it's a one-size-fits-all. If they sat back and let the free market decide, I think there'd be a decent enough market for EV's. One factor against EV's among the states EV's are more popular in is the fact that those Dim states are the states that are worst at both power costs and power dependability. Those are the last places I'd want an EV in, yet to them the EV is part of their warmageddon cult worship.
To most of us FReepers who own either EV's or solar or both, it's more from a family independence mindset. Think less Greta and more prepper.
And when will they add the road use tax to the charging station?