The next problem to solve is access. I have financial access to a new hybrid or full electric car, but when I had to buy a new car last year, I had to buy a full gas car. I simply don't have a place to charge it; I rent, my landlord won't put in a plug, I don't live anywhere near a place I could reliably charge it, and there just aren't really other feasible options for me.

Some cities are starting to force new construction to have plugs for this stuff but there are always all sorts of exemptions, and that only really helps if you have a parking spot and/or garage. What do we do about street parking?

My dream is a car-free world, but my second dream is that street level charging becomes commonplace. Run lines down along the edge of the road in cities so people can park anywhere and just...plug in. Run it near the existing drainage infrastructure. Expensive? Yes, absolutely. Would it go a long way towards improving the quality of life of literally everyone, everywhere? Also yes. And in a country where people turn their noses up at literally any public works project that isn't car centric, it's an option that shouldn't be too politically difficult to implement.