The solution is to install a EVSE where you park overnight. That's the only solution.
No Supercharger/Ultracharger/Battery swap/Amazon delivery will help. You need to be able to charge overnight.
Think about it like a cellphone. AT&T does not offer you an option to go and charge in their stores. You can't go and swap your battery in their stores. Does that mean they have incomplete thinking regarding powering a cellphone because people sometimes stay in tents?
At some point a critical mass of people will start making a decision about where they live based on what charging is available. And when that happens, there won't be a apartment building in the U.S. left standing that won't offer EV charging within a year after. It's a very cheap amenity to provide for a very big competitive advantage.
Yeah, I agree " ...at some point...."
I'll work something out. I have to.
However, IMO, Tesla and Musk have significant work to do to usher in an age of true EV's. I am quite confident they will , and also make great progress on battery chemistry, battery optimization and battery charging.
I expect they will also roll out some major partners for charging across the country and I expect this part of the utility will evolve over time.
As for me, I have decided that, given where I live and the geography / distances , state of the current supercharger network and plans for expansion, I will still need to keep my ICE MB's as a back up, maybe for at least 3 years, after late 2017/early 2018 ( after I take delivery of my Model 3's ) , as an emergency back up.
Right or wrong, I call it as I see it, and as an investor, and experienced global businessperson, I'm not into Kumbaya.
What you guys in CA and say WA and a few other states have now, with Tesla, is not the paradigm we have in many other states....at least not yet.
To get Model 3 to say 500,000 a year in sales, I believe lots of work remains to be done, with the charging end of things, for a true nationwide footprint that meets the needs of both single family dwellers and non- single family dwellers.
MB, BMW and Audi and others will still be selling lots and lots of ICE cars in the NY metro area....an area I know quite well, being a NYer.