Dallas? I beg to differ. A/C alone and the traffic there means a lot of down time charging, and a lot of planning, unlike gasoline. There will be some, just like Teslas, second vehicles for showing off.
We’ll know that EV are making progress when a few million households are all EV, rather than the extra toy car in the third stall, like a Corvette or Porsche.
We’ll know that EV are making progress when a few million households are all EV,
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And there are rolling brown and black outs due to lack of electric power generation.
Hey, remember when they gave us a tax credit for buying the new color TVs?
They didn’t have to. If they ever take away the tax credits, sales will drop. And if stop allowing them HOV access, even more. Some short distance commuters love them for that reason alone.
If Ford wants to risk their business for EVs, it’s their business. But I think a telling indicator is that 20% of EV buyers go back to conventional within a year, so I’ve read.
I’ve known several women who relied on their husbands to do the dirty work of pumping gas, but with an EV you’re hooking up the charger after every drive. Perhaps cleaner but it still becomes a hassle to some folks - considering that with an ICE vehicle you might only need to fill up every week or two.