1. have too short a range
If the range on a pure electric is not a good fit for you as a second family car to use for commuting, you can always get a Chevy Volt. It gets about 40 miles of electric range and then has a gas engine for when the battery is low.
2. take too long to recharge
It takes about 5 seconds to plug it in at night and 5 seconds to unplug in the morning.
3. Have very few places where you can recharge them
If you have a household outlet in your garage you can recharge 40 miles of range while you sleep at night. If you really need a faster charger it costs a few hundred dollars to install.
4. are useless for anything but short trips with long charging intervals inbetween
For a pure electric, yes, they are not suited for road trips. I would recommend a Chevy Volt if you need a car that can do that.
5. Cost too much
Depending on your driving habits, the cost premium can pay for itself.
6. provide the answer for which there is no question
If a majority of Americans and Europeans switched to electric cars, the rewards would be massive. Just think of all the sheiks, mullahs, and Russian oligarchs we would put into the poorhouse. We could stop spending $50 billion dollars a year having our navy police oil traffic in the Persian Gulf.
You're working on the false assumption that I (or anyone else) actually WANT an electric vehicle
It takes about 5 seconds to plug it in at night and 5 seconds to unplug in the morning
Really? You're pulling that crap here? It takes HOURS to recharge. I can fill my gas vehicle in a couple of minutes.
If you have a household outlet in your garage you can recharge 40 miles of range while you sleep at night. If you really need a faster charger it costs a few hundred dollars to install.
Again you're missing the point (deliberately I suspect)They're worthless on any trip longer than half of the (piss poor) expected range of the vehicle. IF (and that is a false assumption right there) I can find a recharging station when I need one. If I go from Atlanta to Birmingham I start with a full battery, but by 60 miles I'm flat. Recharge for 3 - 4 hours and drive another 60 miles - flat again recharge 3 - 4 hours. Get to Birmingham and find a recharging station for another 3 -4 hours before I can drive around the city. Gas vehicle. Fill it in Atlanta. Drive to Bham. get there 6 to 8 hours ahead of the poor fool with the electric vehicle.
Depending on your driving habits, the cost premium can pay for itself.
Really? Let's do the math. Leaf $31,250 Nissan JUKE $20,500. Let's make the very generous assumption that you're able to drive 30,000 in the LEAF over three years and the same for the JUKE. LEAF fuel cost = 24 kwh per charge * $.092638 /kwh = $2.223. Multiply by 2 to give a very generous 50% efficiency on battery charging to get $4.45 per charge. Allow a generous 60 miles on a charge and that's 500 charges to go 30k miles. Do the math yields $2223 for the electricity.
Juke 30000 miles/ 27 comb mpg = 1111 gal. Multiply by $3.50/gal get $3888 fuel cost. SO saving for the LEAF is $1664.69 over three years. A long way from the $10,750 difference in purchase price. No savings there.
If a majority of Americans and Europeans switched to electric cars, the rewards would be massive
More unsupported fantasy from you. I don't want whatever you're smoking it damages the intellect too severely. Have a great day.