[Alberta's Child]

Electric vehicles make sense when they are operated in a fairly defined range and are stored overnight in a driveway or garage. That's why UPS and Amazon are using electric and CNG-fueled trucks, but the long-haul trucking industry will be the last to ever get on board with this.

What makes the typical American car or small SUV ideal for electric power is that our power grid has a lot of excess capacity during overnight hours in most parts of the country. In fact, using this power overnight to recharge car batteries will probably make electricity somewhat less expensive overall because it will flatten out the peaks and valleys of daily power generation across most of the country.

[DesertRhino]

“What makes the typical American car or small SUV ideal for electric power is that our power grid has a lot of excess capacity during overnight hours in most parts of the country.”

No longer true as we move on a rocketsled to wind and solar.

[sphinx]

lectric vehicles make sense when they are operated in a fairly defined range and are stored overnight in a driveway or garage.

The natural home at this point is for commuter cars and urban fleet operations. I'd be interested in knowing how many people with EV's also have a second car for more ambitious outings -- e.g. they commute in the EV and use their "real car" when they venture outside their local beltway.

Nancy Pelosi probably has a small EV for the runs from her rec room to the ice cream freezer. It has ample mileage for that.

[monocle]

A word of caution: seasonality.