I'm not against electric vehicles. They are fine where they are fine. I already pay highway taxes when I buy fuel, so I'm not a fan of paying tax credits for people to buy vehicles which won't pay those same fuel taxes.
I can also see the increased demand for electricity driving those rates up, and the increase of using natural gas vs. coal to generate electricity driving up the cost of my primary home heating fuel. I am against electric cars being mandated for everyone (If you don't thing the same people who are insisting global warming is a crisis even after well over a decade of no warming will push for mandating these things, you haven't been keeping up).
I live in North Dakota, and frankly, EVs are a deathtrap at this latitude and for my situation. When the places you travel are 120 plus miles apart, and that has to be done for half of the year with the heater on and likely lights as well, the battery packs just won't be enough, especially hauling a half ton or more of equipment.
If you get stranded without heat you can freeze to death (-30 temps are not uncommon in winter, and I have seen -60) and I have known a couple of people who did.
If you want an EV, fine and dandy, but I don't want to have to subsidize it.
Its not that Conservatives that are against electric cars, but they’re skeptical of the promoters of it. Given the history of dishonesty from the Left. I agree with them, but I treat Tesla as the exception. I don’t like Volt or Leaf, but Tesla approach is much better than any competitors
I was looking at an Elio. Would not go on a long trip with it, but for around town or shorter trips in the 300 mile range it would be great. They are basically an encapsulated three wheeler with heat, A/C, three airbags, 1 passenger seat behind the driver. They get 84 mpg, hold 8 gal gas, will do over 100 mph, and all for $6,800.00
Www.eliomotors.com