Charging at home is what makes this specific situation chicken and egg. Since the gas station is the only thing close to our homes, a charger there is useless to us. It only services people who would come from the city, people who wouldn't be able to make it home without charging, much like how it currently works for us making trips to the city. Without a charger though, they can't even think of making that trip or they will be stuck.

I'm not really making a point about my little car, except that I love it and I wish used lithium batteries were more available in Canada so that I could install a set that would get it to town and back for the mail. It's one of the first street-legal electrics ever produced and I'd love to keep it going. 1978!

I guess if there is a point it's kind of a microscale version of the Canadian issue - in rural Canada, every trip is a long trip. I can't think of many places that I go that wouldn't require fast charging to complete the round trip, especially in winter.