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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
4. It is either a status symbol theory, or the infrastructure isn't in place to make hydrogen cars popular/feasible; where anyone who has a home could charge an electric car, which is the other theory for why they are so successful. Superchargers only exist to allow for far distance travel for people who want to travel far distances in a Tesla or who have no other car in their household (most families do), or they are for people without access to a home charger or a close standard charger.
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Here's where I think electric cars break down as a total replacement for ICE, it's the argument that most people have a different car for traveling long distance. Isn't the whole point to make the legacy platforms go away?
If we want a replacement for ICE then we need to consider what the vehicle does in all missions. Yes, daily commuting it is fine as long as you stay within the round trip range of the car charged at home.
But what about all the other uses of vehicles? Long distance travel is not practical (to me) in an electric vehicle. Could I drive one pretty much anywhere? Sure as long as I'm not in a hurry (back to the time is money argument) and I make sure to plan my trip to the nth detail if I'm going outside the Interstate system. (Yes, its getting better). Not a compromise I'm willing to make yet and I do good bit of that.
The Military, for example, will not be able to run off batteries.
Honestly, I don't think there is one single viable solution, different fuels for different purposes. My concern is we go all in on one, without considering the bigger picture.