Support for electric cars has certainly greatly improved with new chargers being installed in various locations, especially in the last few years. However, I don't see electric cars going mainstream unless the charging time is drastically reduced. I seldom see electric cars in my area at charging stations (maybe one every few days?), so I hardly think it would be worthwhile to specifically cater attractions to electric car drivers.

By the time the charging times are reduced and if they do start becoming mainstream, I think it would be a moot point since there would probably only be a limited span of time for when that sweet spot happens (where charging time goes down and ownership goes up) to make a business based on that limited opportunity where there are enough drivers waiting at a station for a significant amount of time.

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It seems some of the details of the story that were initially reported may be inaccurate.

The fire chief said the fire did not take hours to extinguish:

He also said no one from the township’s fire department called Tesla asking for help with the blaze, noting that he is not aware of the company having such a service.

“With respect to the fire fight, unfortunately, those rumors grew out way of control. It did not take us four hours to put out the blaze. Our guys got there and put down the fire within two to three minutes, enough to see the vehicle had occupants,” Buck said of inaccurate claims the vehicle burned for hours. “After that, it was simply cooling the car as the batteries continued to have a chain reaction due to damage.”

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/woodlands/article/Woodlands-fire-chief-says-Tesla-fire-example-of-16113029.php

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-battery-fire-fud-debunked-tx-fire-chief/

According to tesla, data logs seem to show auto pilot was not engaged.

However, the car-maker's chief executive, Elon Musk, tweeted: "Data logs recovered so far show Autopilot was not enabled... moreover, standard Autopilot would require lane lines to turn on, which this street did not have."

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56799749