Whereas in Europe, hot hatches often are 10-20% of the model mix, for any given nameplate.

According to Jim Hackett, he wanted the to relate to Ford’s aspirational models. The Mustang was chosen as the aspirational Ford the BEV would relate to.

Those few holdouts = 25% of the world.

The problem is that the things you list break very seldom, and are now most often long-life sealed items. Most EVs also still have a 12V battery.

It would help if the posts were actually valid tho’.

Long distance travel generally means interstates - which is where the bulk of fst and high-power charging is.

What matters, generally, is whether the home has off-street parking, rather than being fully detached.

Condos with parking garages almost always have electrical supplies to the garage. 

Yearly average driving milage in the UK has been pegged ad 12k p.a. for ages, although there are now reports of it starting to get nearer to 10k p.a.
(I’ve just down a search, and found “The latest reports from the Department of Transport indicate that cars in England drove an average of 7,900 miles per year in 2015,…

“c’mon man, let people make their own damn decisions, even if it bites them in the ass.”
The problem is that there are lots of other people out on the road. I don’t want some idiot guy’s bad decisions to bite me on the ass, tyvm.

“if you take your hands off a steering wheel of any car with cruse control on its not going to stop because you remove your hands”

Cruise control is a speed management system, not a steering management system. 

“Why are we shouting that Tesla “let” the driver do anything?”
Because Tesla has not had certification and approval for having their vehicles drive themselves, and vehicles need to be certified as road-legal prior to sale.

It is up to Tesla to ensure that drivers drive the car, and don’t use it as an Uber.

Plus, Tesla’s…

And yes, pay-at-pump is small minority of pumps in many places. Mainly because fuel is more or less run as a loss-leader, and people don’t make impulse purchases from the shop unless they are forced to walk through the shop to pay for the fuel.

So, only three or four times as long as your original claim?

“compared to pulling up to a pump and getting another 500+ miles in a minute or two.”

The Electric Cannonball Run time is currently at 48 hours 10 minutes, for New York to California.

Of course, those 4 Sup[erchargers were promised for 2016. Then promised for 2017.  Then promised for 2018.  Good to see that some of them on that route are finally being worked on for a 2020 go-live.

If you have off-street parking at your townhouse, what stops you from having an EV charge-port there?

Generally, people pump gas for a couple of minutes or more. Then there is walking to the counter, queuing, paying, a visit to the “rest” room and the walk back.

Generally speaking, even the shortest, fastest gas stops interrupt the journey for 15 minutes plus, freeway to freeway.

You can make well over 90% of your trips around town, and still do most of your milage on long distance travel.

Yep - the Volt’s engine drives the wheels directly at high highway speeds, for reasons of efficiency. At lower speeds, it does indeed work as either an electric vehicle, or as an electric vehicle where the batteries get charged from the on-board engine while in use. It’s an EREV except for highway cruising, where it…