Originally Posted by pezzy669
What are the "so many" limitations and drawbacks outside of not being able to drive cross country with easy fuel ups? I'm honestly very curious.
There are quite a few if you just think about it a bit.
An obvious one is the many, many people who live where they don't have a garage or even a driveway where they can charge up overnight.
You don't have to be driving cross country to need quick fillups. Many people do a large amount of driving for business. There have been times when I needed to be on the road all day for work and certainly would not have the time to just hang around even for a "quick" charge during that time.
People who need a vehicle for towing purposes will certainly find themselves having to stop for charging more frequently than they might like.
Buyers such as myself who are cheap and refuse to spend the money on a new car would be looking at buying an old electric vehicle with questionable remaining battery life and possible electrical damage from moisture incursion when they are 10-15 years old or more. Ditto for people who buy old cars out of economic necessity. (As a basis of comparison my current daily driver is now 23 years old. I purchased it when it was 14 years old and it is still going strong, likely to provide several more good years. What are the prospects of getting that kind of service from an inexpensive 14-year-old electric car?)
It's not hard to come up with cases where electric vehicles as they exist today are simply not a good fit.
What are the "so many" limitations and drawbacks outside of not being able to drive cross country with easy fuel ups? I'm honestly very curious.
There are quite a few if you just think about it a bit.
An obvious one is the many, many people who live where they don't have a garage or even a driveway where they can charge up overnight.
You don't have to be driving cross country to need quick fillups. Many people do a large amount of driving for business. There have been times when I needed to be on the road all day for work and certainly would not have the time to just hang around even for a "quick" charge during that time.
People who need a vehicle for towing purposes will certainly find themselves having to stop for charging more frequently than they might like.
Buyers such as myself who are cheap and refuse to spend the money on a new car would be looking at buying an old electric vehicle with questionable remaining battery life and possible electrical damage from moisture incursion when they are 10-15 years old or more. Ditto for people who buy old cars out of economic necessity. (As a basis of comparison my current daily driver is now 23 years old. I purchased it when it was 14 years old and it is still going strong, likely to provide several more good years. What are the prospects of getting that kind of service from an inexpensive 14-year-old electric car?)
It's not hard to come up with cases where electric vehicles as they exist today are simply not a good fit.
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