RichLegg/E+ via Getty Images Cost, range, and charging are frequently cited as reasons why households still pass up buying an EV for an internal combustion engine vehicle. Range anxiety is still somewhat pertinent in the minds of those used to filling up their gas tanks to full in a couple of minutes and then driving their car for hundreds of miles. And while US charging infrastructure continues to be built out and improved on the back of a surge of capital expenditure by EV charging companies like ChargePoint (CHPT), EVgo (EVGO) and Blink Charging (BLNK), it still takes a few hours to get to near-full charge from zero unless you’re using a DC fast charging station. This really should not be a barrier as the average American drives only around 39 miles a day, a number more than covered by even the cheapest used EV models with batteries at the later stages of their charge and…
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