Electric cars have no application for me.
but all these discussion turn into and either or. Electric cars are appropriate for some, not everyone.
Repeat, electric cars are appropriate for some, not everyone.
The problem is government. one size fits all.
We all hated hybrids, but there are some out there, and many here even support them now.
If we have any faith in the market place, it will work it’s way out even in spite of the government.
Just like army uniforms, they come in two sizes - too large and too small.
Totally agreed.
> We all hated hybrids, but there are some out there, and many here even support them now.
To paraphrase you, "hybrids are appropriate for some, not everyone."
I have a pickup with a 5.7L V8 and an 8-ft bed that'll take a 4x8 sheet flat. It's also my snowplow vehicle that can clear my half-mile gravel driveway on a wooded hill in Upstate NY. It spends most of the winter with heavy chains on the rear wheels.
I also have a hybrid passenger car. It can't carry plywood or plow snow. But it gets nearly 4x the gas mileage as the pickup. Guess which one I use to drive to the grocery store. "Appropriate" is the keyword.
All-electric vehicles have a good way to go in their development before I'll consider one. Right now, it's not appropriate.