Me, I think EVs are a great idea in certain, rather limited settings. What are those?
- Gas prices are prohibitively high
- It is a warm climate, since batteries are total crap when it’s cold
- The distances driven are relatively short–the car is used mainly for town and not used for trips
- I can charge the car overnight, pretty much every night
- I’m not towing
- I can afford a $25,000 battery when a fender-bender MIGHT have deranged the battery or when it just wears out in a couple years
In such settings, they work great!
BUT, they are still very heavy and destroy roads because of their (battery) weight. Even so, they are incredibly “torquey” and quick. Fun machines!
What they do, they do very well. But versatile and forgiving of even slight error they are not. And then there are the serious ethical questions about the child slavery involved in getting the raw materials for the batteries…
Hybrids may make a lot more practical sense, though there are still the ethical concerns.