09-12-2011, 10:08 PM
Short answer:
Retrofitting an electric car into a gasoline car economy is a niche business only and that will not change for decades.
That said, I could use an Accord or Sonata-type EV with about an 80 mile round trip for everything in town. 120 miles would open up a few more trips to remote friends. But I'd still have the gas minivan for the 500 mile trips to the parent's house, which it seems are the type of trips everyone here is complaining about.
An EV is simply not a one-car replacement for a gas machine. It is a second car, or with a ~100mi range, a primary car with a regular gas backup car for longer trips. For families that's doable but for single people, not so much.
Retrofitting an electric car into a gasoline car economy is a niche business only and that will not change for decades.
That said, I could use an Accord or Sonata-type EV with about an 80 mile round trip for everything in town. 120 miles would open up a few more trips to remote friends. But I'd still have the gas minivan for the 500 mile trips to the parent's house, which it seems are the type of trips everyone here is complaining about.
An EV is simply not a one-car replacement for a gas machine. It is a second car, or with a ~100mi range, a primary car with a regular gas backup car for longer trips. For families that's doable but for single people, not so much.