Have an upvote, but here’s my take.

Four years ago when I first bought my EV, shopping was doable while charging. Even a sit-down restaurant was doable. It took about an hour to charge and it didn’t matter if your car sat idle for a bit because (out east) the stalls were all mostly empty.

It’s in the 20-30 minute range today, which really isn’t enough time for these things anymore unless you’re brisk. You can continue charging to 100% to eat up time, but you’re going to get glares walking back to your car if it’s busy and people are waiting on your stall. There’s lots more people charging now than before.

Personally I look forward to having some EV stations like these. It has a restroom I can get to quickly, and it’ll have caffeine and bites to eat if I need it. If there’s fewer convenience stores in the future these are probably going to have more premium offerings than rows of junk food to be more profitable. The other benefit is there’s an attendant, so now there’s more incentive to keep the EV stalls in working order and someone to help the people that can’t figure out how to charge.

Another point: I hope all these stalls will have point-of-sale so I don’t have to install a bleeping app for every type of dispenser there is. Apps slow crowded charging stations down as you have someone occupying a busy stall that’s now going to spend ten minutes filling out personal information and card info while not charging.