What a collective load. the WSJ really has gone downhill.
In no particular order:
CA will have approximately 40% of the continent's EVs. Solve CA and you solve North America at the very least.
CA gets $1.2B from the Dieselgate settlement in $200M chunks every 20 months. Since few can conceptualize $1.2B, here's a way to think about that - it would buy approximately 4000 SC locations. Now realize that there are just 400 SC locations in North America today. Not that penny one of that money will go to Tesla's SCs, but the point remains.
CA's 2 largest utilities have committed to 12,500 L2 & L3 chargers statewide.
Now the handwringing - what about all those Model 3s?!
Yeah, well, about that... If 60% of the first 2 years' production is for North America and 40% of that for CA, and if we call that production 300,000 cars, back of the napkin math puts 72,000 Model 3s in CA over 2 years, for an annualized 36,000 additional cars per year.
Given the above, along with the fact that 70% of the houses in the US have garages, and there's not a lot of reason to be concerned about the sky falling. As usual. And that doesn't even consider public/private partnerships, such as CalTech's 50 L2 chargers that went live recently, nor proactive buildouts (see latest Costco in LA County with 16 L2 chargers).
More interesting charging solutions have been tested in the UK and elsewhere - embedded inductive charging in roadways. Probably not practical for Teslas, but every bit helps.
There will be tougher choices over time. As much as I prefer driving now as a means from long distance point A to point B, it would be difficult to not at least consider, for example, Hyperloop tunneling from Los Angeles to New York. Doesn't have to be 700mph. Even at half that speed, it means I could descend via elevator after dinner in Santa Monica and wake up in Manhattan in time for an early morning workout/shower at the gym followed by breakfast and a full work day. All with my own car at my disposal thereafter. Not that anybody drives in Manhattan.
You're welcome, WSJ and Forbes. Try harder next time.