The only way I could ever see electric cars become popular would be (an I never would own one):
- Creation of dozens of new Nuclear power plants
- a standard size battery for all electric cars.
- battery needs to be removable quickly (like lift the hood and have a robot arm pluck it out.
- filling stations would have to have racks of these batteries on hand constantly charging.
- you pull in to the station, you swipe you Debit/credit card, pop the hood, a robot arm pulls you battery out and then puts a new one in, you close the hood and go.
Just like rechargeable batteries for a flashlight.
An easily removable $20,000 battery — the yutes in the hood will love it. And lots of unscrupulous stations and pawn shops won’t ask many questions when they are brought in — just like all the scum today that will buy bronze urns from graves, historical markers, and miles of twisted copper pipe without asking a single question.