Originally Posted by Cujet
Statistics such as 90% or 97% are relatively meaningless.
Electric cars have clear advantages. Range and capability are not among them. I remain unconvinced they cost less over the vehicles lifetime.
I drive my pickup 3 miles to the grocery store. So what? Should I ride my bicycle there instead? Any vehicle can do those trips. Quite simply those trips are NOT what we purchase a vehicle for. They don't count.
Yes, Owners use their vehicles for different reasons, I know people that only use their car for commuting to work and getting groceries. They have very little need for a car for longer trips, and if they do, they rent.
Often a household will have more than one car. An EV couldfill the roll for many trips.
I also have friends that live off the grid, electricity is generated from a small water turbine that can't be turned off at night. So the power charges their car and heats their hot tub. The EV meets their needs just fine.
Habits change. Most of us here grew up in a Car Culture, but that seems to be changing as a younger generation think of the car as just an appliance, and perhaps a costly, non essential one at that.