The challenge I see is fleet/company vehicles, like what I drive. For a few reasons:
- Under no circumstances would I (or anyone I know of in the same boat) pay out of my own pocket to charge my work vehicle. Of course there are workarounds for this issue.
- I do frequently drive over 800m a week (mostly for work). As I've posted previously, a vehicle with a true 600 mile range would satisfy about 98% of my use. Anything currently on the market would to turn most of my "1 day down and back" trips into overnight stays.
Solve those two and I would have no reluctance to an EV being my primary (work) vehicle.
Another challenge is not everyone can garage or have dedicated spots for overnight charging. (apartments)
I do wholeheartedly agree on your points for those if the above does not apply.
That's really my point. People notice this stuff
PASSIONATELY. They notice it even if it doesn't apply to them at all (I believe you it applies to you). In these discussions in the thread it seems half of us are driving 60,000 miles a year and over 1000 miles many days. It's just not realistic for people in general.
Who doesn't realize that EVs are more convenient? The guy who commutes under 100 miles a day and has his own garage and will NEVER again be late to work because he has to stop and get gas and forgot his car was on E. He'll also get home from work faster many nights because he'll never have to stop and get gas. This is just never brought up at all and 100% of the people I know who go EV or even PHEV all notice it immediately. People didn't know Blockbuster video was a hassle, then one day it was.
Even somebody who has a 150 mile daily commute is going to find an EV more convenient so long as they park somewhere they can charge at night. You really have to got to professional full time driver for it to be less convenient.
I've been a Chicago/LA street parker and a Chicago/LA have my own personal metered garage/spot, that's a drastic quality of life change even before getting into EV/ICE debate. I hope anybody who parks on the street realizes the obvious differences in 2024 when they purchase a car, that they won't get that convenience and an EV would obviously be an inconvenience in terms of a 5 minute fuel up vs a 30 minute fuel up at a fast charger, but I see a time in the future that this person taking their car to a charging point won't be wildly different than going to gas up. I have been disappointed seeing some apartment complexes in LA where they are new or newly remodeled and the private spaces don't have electrical ports let alone chargers, how that isn't now required by law during a remodel/construction of commercially rented property in a city like LA blows my mind. I see some of it but nowhere near what should be a pretty universal thing.