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And still it costs more than gas for the same mileage and takes hours at each charger.EV batteries and charging infrastructure are not there yet IMO and an EV makes sense if most of your driving is commuting, and you are charging from home. Many homeowners will have the option of reducing their transportation costs with home solar generation and storage. Even traditional Li-on batteries will have much better temperature performance, capacity and lifetimes soon. I figure the situation will change quite a bit in 5 years, in terms of charging and vehicle options. Not that many people can afford the bloated offerings they have for EVs these days and the automakers are appealing to the more affluent market, those who can afford to make the transition. There will be a demand for smaller cheaper EVs that most people can afford to buy and operate, or we will be using a lot more public transport and a lot of companies will go out of business. The average age of the light vehicle fleet is increasing as is the demand for used cars and this is a sign that increasing numbers of people can no longer afford a new car.
The one great economic challenge that EV makers aren’t taking on is how to get more miles per kWh. That would be the single best driver of EV acceptance, barring punitive regulation of ICE vehicles. You get two advantages, each very important:
1) enough range to do more than commute
2) bringing the cost per mile down to parity (or better) with petroleum.
Both are conditions for EVs being an honest solution, not simply one that is made marginally attractive by subsidies.
It sort of sucks to have a commute-only vehicle.