1. low resale value due to absurd battery life.
-essential used car is disposable.
2. financing battery is just financing gas.
3. Slooooooow recharge time.
4. limited range
5. living on the edge of no charge.
6. gasoline engines work better. distribution works better. science behind it is better.
7. electrocution in the event of an accident.
Nope. Take a look at the Chevy Volt, for example. You can get a new one for $27,500 after the tax rebate. Do a search on autotrader.com for used Volts. Here is my search for 2011 and 2012 Volts in Houston. The average price is $20,804. So the idea that a used electric car is “essentially disposable” is pretty ridiculous. The Volt has an active liquid cooled battery and a carefully limited state of charge range that gives it drastically improved battery life over typical lithium ion batteries. GM has tests Volts with 200,000 miles that have not lost a significant amount of battery capacity.
“2. financing battery is just financing gas.
3. Slooooooow recharge time.”
It takes five seconds to plug it in at night and five seconds to unplug it in the morning. Beats going to the gas station any day.
“4. limited range
5. living on the edge of no charge.”
Maybe. If you go with a pure electric then yes, you can only really use it as a commuter car. If you need to be able to drive further than you should get a hybrid like a Volt. It gives you 40 miles of electric range followed by 340 miles of gasoline range.
“6. gasoline engines work better. distribution works better. science behind it is better.”
Gasoline engines are only 20% to 30% efficient compared to over 90% for electric motors. And electricity is distributed straight to everyone’s homes.
“7. electrocution in the event of an accident.”
First responders get trained on how to handle electric cars nowadays. As far as passengers, there have been no reports of electrocutions, so this is just a wild accusation. If you get into a bad accident and are trapped in your car, you should be far more concerned about gasoline catching on fire.