EV range is making huge strides, but there still aren't enough places to charge.

• EVs go a lot farther these days, but chargers are still hard to find.
• No one seems to agree whose job it is to build charging infrastructure.
• Building enough chargers is just one part of the problem.

Electric vehicles have come a long way — literally.

In the earliest days of the EV transition, a fully battery-powered car (like the first-generation Nissan Leaf that went on sale in 2010) could only drive for about 100 miles on a full charge in the best weather conditions.