This.

We have three kids and one dog. Our route includes one creek to ford at the end of an unmaintained 9 mile dirt/gravel/mud road. We also want a plug-in. The venn diagram on that is a very, very small sample size today, but thankfully more and more off-road capable SUVs are coming to market in the next few years.

Car companies would sell more EVs if they made plug-in versions of their most popular versions.

Thin pillars? What is this witchcraft you speak of?

Good question. My money is on the EVs:

Here is some fleet O&M cost data from New York:

“75 percent of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less (meaning, never). Nearly 70 percent of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling—putting something in the bed, its ostensible raison d’être—once a year or less.”

...the electric pickup trucks will soon be here.

$200K per dealer? How much did it cost each Chevy dealer to prep for the Chevy Volt back in 2010?

This:

Yeah, the Bolt is a great car/EV, but the points you mentioned are spot on. It’s a real head-scratcher.

This.

Not bad, but more info on the plug-in hybrid would be appreciated.

The “Go-Devil” agrees.

From sfgate.com, here’s a burnt post-1950.5 Willys Jeepster near Vacaville, California:

Well, since most charging for EVs will be done at home and work (where all cars sit on average parked >20 hours/day), we will need far fewer charging plazas than we do gas stations. That being said, they are needed.

That’s true. I lived in Germany for five years without a car. Very different layout for the most part. I am just curious how the European EV drivers are charging the EVs.

Yeah, that makes sense. Japan is shutting down baseload power (nuclear) and doesn’t have any fossil fuel resources, so it makes sense they are trying to import hydrogen.

Uh, the oil industry is very interested in and supportive of hydrogen.

Yes, exactly this.