Relative to India and China, the big western and Japanese car companies are dragging their feet when it comes to full commercialization of electric cars and they are going to end up losing the whole market. Companies like Tata and Ajanta in India and BYD in China are close to mass production of low cost electric vehicles NOW. Having a full charging infrastructure in place is ideal but not mandatory. Many people in California and other places already have electric cars and NEVs and are able to make them fit in to their lifestyle just fine as a commuter car, etc. The more electric vehicles there are on the road, the faster the infrastructure will develop. All you need is a company like Walmart to start deploying charging stations at all their stores to cover half the US.