Your idea is agreeing with the author, you are just splitting his hybrid car into two cars, doubling your insurance and licensing costs. But both cars can be used at once, so there is a convenience factor. The EV will still be inefficient as described though.
This article doesn’t get into the rare mineral supply problems in building EVs. One example, if 50% of cars are to be EVs, cobalt production must increase 900%. Does the USA have cobalt? Nope, guess who controls most of it. Other rare earth minerals will be to be mined heavily also and we don’t control those either. Copper use would have to double.
And every EV requires oil be used for paint, tires, interiors, fender wells, bumpers, lenses and other parts because EVs are too heavy unless weight saving oil parts are used.
The entire idea is ludicrous and wasteful on the energy spectrum.
I meant it more from a libertarian perspective: what can my wife and I do to give us a hedge against gubment control either way?