OK, everyone. I'm sorry if I
OK, everyone. I'm sorry if I offended anyone's sensibilities about their Tesla and if I'm unable to grasp your math in terms of the charge times and power. The point of my story was pretty straight-forward and shouldn't have required any advanced math or over-thinking. Nissan has built more charging stations in Europe than has Tesla and those Nissan stations are capable of charging the LEAF (or similar car) quickly (within 30 minutes) and allow travel across the continent. Tesla has not completed their 30-minute network. So Nissan beat them to the punch. Period.
I did get a little over-wrought in my comments here and have edited those to remove anything that seemed to be offensive. I apologize for that. You all should have access to edit anything you've written as well, if you wish to.
The fact is, in Europe, the Nissan equipped with the supercharging capability (i.e. all but the base model, which frankly doesn't sell well, just as the base Model S didn't either) comes standard with a CHAdeMO plug. The Tesla Model S does not come with that plug, as far as I could find, and its price (listed here in USD since I couldn't find anything about European sales) is over-and-above the premium cost of the Model S.
Sure, the Model S can travel 200-some miles per charge versus the ~70 miles of the LEAF. However, one thing many EV proponents continually say is that "the average commuter only needs 40 miles or less", which is why so many EV makers are aiming for about twice that as their goal. It makes the car affordable (sub-$50k before incentives). In order for electric cars to get somewhere, Tesla or not, they have to have access to infrastructure - just as a gasoline car needs gas pumps, a diesel car needs diesel pumps, etc. In Europe, Nissan has beat Tesla to the punch in terms of that infrastructure. The point of the article.
Thanks for reading.