Why one and not the other? You think china isn't building tons of EV chargers themselves too? High speed rail is nice and all but realistically you're needing to solve the issue of people commuting to work or commuting around town. High speed rail doesn't solve that really at all. You need local transit solutions.
In some situations, yes. In the large majority of the US: no, they can't. Not without significant policy changes that will take decades to accomplish. We're stuck with cars whether you like it or not, so best to optimize within the constraints we have.
