Yes, that was a buying point, and my last Corolla had a timing belt, that I changed 5 times while I owned it. I’ll probably never own another car with a belt.

Per Wikipedia, 64% of US electricity is generated by fossil fuels. 

1st through 3rd gear- I’m increasingly feeling like EVs are something being forced on us rather than something we actually want. If EVs are in such high demand, why do that have such awful resale? Even a slightly out of date EV should have some semblance of value. And then there are all the battery constraints...

I’d say that it’s easier to find the time to charge up since you just plug it in while you’re sleeping but then I remember all the people whose phones run at 5% because they didn’t remember to plug it in while they’re sleeping.

Will that still be true if 100% of the new cars sold (~80 million annually) are electric, as seems to be the goal of environmentalists?

All that is telling me is that EVs don’t have as big of downsides for urban dwellers. They have plenty of other downsides no matter where you live, so I stand by my point. Cost alone is a big one, even if you accept the difficulty of charging times, range, and what to do if you don’t own your home.

4th gear: I don’t care what crap comes with my car, as long as I can delete it and put something actually useful on it. If they lock it down like cell phones and I’m stuck with some shitty programs that I won’t use then I’m going to lose my shit.

Neutral:

“Nine hours of driving, four hours of charge,” Mr Wright recounted of the journey at a BP conference on electric vehicles in London last month.

I think the biggest problem right now is the cost.

It is all about recharging time. Until it can match gas and go, then it isn’t going to be practical for most people. Early adopters and enthusiasts are willing to make lifestyle changes, but for most people? Nah, an electric car has to fit in the same neat box as regular cars. And it doesn’t, not yet. Household…

Neutral: Because there’s no compelling reason to switch from ICE to EV. Charging infrastructure is still too limited for an EV to realistically be your only car, so the only early adopters are rich people with multiple cars, or frizzy-haired hemp-wearing sandal-enthusiast eco-Nazis.

Possibly true if CO2 is the only pollutant you care about?

Your view should not be skewed. As we are constantly reminded, making cars is hard.

Neutral: EVs will be tethered to their charging infrastructure. The standardization of DC fast chargers can't come fast enough. I'm still waiting to see DC fast chargers "Sponsored by Dieselgate".

That is a big one. This last winter was legitimately 6 months long for us in the northern midwest. Thats a huge limiting factor. 

Yeah, I think there has been an expectation that there would be massive breakthroughs in battery chemistry, allowing for greater range and equivalent pricing to ICE. Just because you throw a bunch of money at something doesn’t mean you’ll solve the problem. 

Neutral: EVs need to be able to do everything better than ICE vehicles for that to happen. Right now, they can’t. “You don’t really need that!” remains an ineffective method for convincing people to buy.

Neutral:

Yay an excuse for me to share these pictures: