[dfwgator]

Range limitations aren’t the problem, it’s the multi-hour delay for recharging that’s the problem.

Especially if everybody will be charging at the same time. It would be trivial to program a car to not accept a charge at certain times, or if the powers-that-be determine that you've driven enough for a certain period of time.

[Parley Baer]

“Especially if everybody will be charging at the same time.”

That is exactly the problem. I can see fights breaking out over who gets to charge their cars.

[Tell It Right]

"Range limitations aren’t the problem, it’s the multi-hour delay for recharging that’s the problem."

I agree to a point. If the EV is mainly for trips I'd be 100% with you. But if 95% or more of the driving is for local use, perhaps we need to take into account that an EV has no 15-minute gas stops for local use. And that happens much more frequently that refuel stops for trips (if 95% or more of your driving is for local use).

So, yes, if you take an EV on long trips a "refuel" stop becomes 45 minutes. But at the same time there are zero weekly or bi-weekly refuel stops for normal commute type driving (because you charge up at home with a 30-second hook up when you get home, then a 30-second disconnect when you leave the next morning).

At least, that's one of the things I'm looking at on maybe getting an EV.