EVERYWHERE ELSE, THE CHARGERS STAND LONELY: In California, Electric Cars Outpace Plugs, and Sparks Fly. “Unlike gas stations, charging stations are not yet in great supply, and that has led to sharp-elbowed competition. Electric-vehicle owners are unplugging one another’s cars, trading insults, and creating black markets and side deals to trade spots in corporate parking lots. The too-few-outlets problem is a familiar one in crowded cafes and airports, where people want to charge their phones or laptops. But the need can be more acute with cars — will their owners have enough juice to make it home? — and manners often go out the window.”

Meanwhile, there’s plenty of space at the Turkey Creek charging station in Knoxville.