Why the hell would anybody buy it if not in an effort to be "green"?
If I were in the market for a new truck, I’d consider buying one. I rarely travel more than 100 miles on any given day, and 10 miles or less most days. And, there is my wife’s little old lady Expedition gathering dust in the garage for use on longer trips.
If you've ever driven an electric go-cart, you'd know why. :-)
I'm not an environmentalist whackjob by any stretch of the imagination and I've actually driven an electric vehicle (Tesla Model 3.) I wouldn't buy one because of so-called man-made climate change because we here on FR know that's bullshit.
I'm a technology freak. I like the technology that's in the electric car and honestly, I really like the torque and acceleration they have vs. gasoline-powered vehicles.
That right there defines the beginning and end of my liking electric vehicles.
IMO they will *never* be the dominant mode of transportation precisely because of the limitations of our electrical grid and power generation infrastructure. It's not ramping up fast enough to meet the demand of electric vehicles in the 2030-2035 time frame the automakers have put out there. It takes a minimum of 10 years to get a nuclear power plant approved (based on what I've read) and years more to build it out.
That means simply put: switching one's entire auto-line over to electric in such a short amount of time isn't feasible. Therefore, electric cars as the dominant mode of transportation in this country ain't gonna happen. At least not in the lifetime I have remaining (I'm 59.)
Electric vehicles to me are nothing more than a "fun toy" to have, or a status symbol for the environmental whacko greenie progressive libtard a-holes.
>>Why the hell would anybody buy it if not in an effort to be “green”?
Prohibit all other choices.