1. US electric car sales are only up because of model Y sales. This means normal people still aren't buying electric cars, just the rich re-upping their Tesla leases, buying a second for their significant other, and the occasional others probably buying a second car that's electric. Europe and China have EV surges, but I know nothing about their driving styles vs the US's. EV sales in USA (+4 % y/y) outperformed the auto-market (-15 % y/y) mostly from the introduction of the Model-Y. ev-volumes.com
2. If we're waiting for electric chargers to be added to apartment buildings and office parking structures, we're going to be waiting a long long long time. They may be added to AAA structures in big metro areas but what's the expense of adding a charger to every single parking place in every single apartment building?
Some apartments in my area don't even include an assigned parking spot, you have to pay an extra $100 a month. Also most apartments in my area were built in the 60s and 70s with natural gas heat, dryers, and stoves, so a 2 bedroom apartment may only get a 60A service. I can't imagine the upgrade cost from the utility to increase the street transformer to double the apartment building's mains service.
And office parking? If they're going to put super chargers in lots packed so full they're valet only, maybe they could just build another story to the garage so it doesn't fill up by 8:30am.
What I'm getting at is if electric cars are truly supposed to be the future, it will have to be much more accessible to the consumer. If someone scrapes by every 10 years to buy a used car that's under $15k that will last them another 10 years with little to no maintenance, how could they possibly afford to also choose an apartment or office that happens to include charging.
The solution to gasoline needs to be as easy as gasoline. Easy to travel, easy to commute, easy to park, easy for old people, easy for old houses, easy for rural areas, easy for dense metros.
I live in california and PG&E can't even keep the power on. Maybe tesla can afford to build out their electric network using stockholder's funds but if every house on every street doubled their electric need, we're all screwed.