That’s because they are COMMUTER VEHICLES... once thats all you have are electrics, you will need to be able to charge them “on the road”, and without MILLIONS of places to do so, its a non starter.
They haven’t solved the RANGE/BATTERY ratio issue
Once that is solved you will need to solve the recharging issue.... Not only, as others pointed out, ON THE ROAD recharging, but the power grid itself being able to handle all new load draw.
No big deal if one house in 100 has an electric vehicle, but if you want 1-2 electric vehicles in every garage, the existing power grid cannot produce or deliver that kind of power, so you are talking BILLIONS (and honestly TRILLIONS of infrastructure upgrades that will be needed to be built and put in place)....
The “electric vehicle” being the PRIMARY vehicle is a DREAM... that would require TRILLIONS OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT to make happen, and do you see any money flowing to upgrade and improve the power grid happening????
If you do, you are wearing some rose colored glasses.
Its a nice dream, but its DECADES AWAY even if the fed decided TODAY to make it a priority
That’s because they are COMMUTER VEHICLES... once thats all you have are electrics, you will need to be able to charge them “on the road”, and without MILLIONS of places to do so, its a non starter.
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Counting all types of cars, the average person drives 29 miles a day.
Electric service is everywhere and much easier to establish than gas stations.
In fact, gas stations are now starting to install chargers.
Actually, since electric cars act as batteries, they’ll help balance the “duck” problem with electrical capacity.
Now, if everyone in a locale intended to drive their electrical cars 300 miles in a given day, that would be a problem. But most people just charge them for work and back most days.