Scott Allison, a Las Vegas resident who drives an electric Kia, can travel about 280 miles before he needs to charge. He and his husband have flown to the Reno-Tahoe area to visit, but they’re hesitant to drive all the way north given the state’s spotty charging infrastructure.
If any of the rural charging stations are nonfunctional, he fears he would be stranded.
“When you’ve got so few that work, there’s no redundancy,” he said. “We need dependable chargers that we know are going to work. You can’t just jump in the car and hope for the best.”…