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Originally Posted by Dadhawk
Thing is this isn't a perception, it is reality. It matters if an EV meets "most but not all" your needs if its the only vehicle available to purchase. That's why I remain a secret member of the "fuel cell team". With infrastructure, it meets 100% of the same needs as ICE, in the same convenient way. I know its wishful thinking and isn't going to happen but if fuel cell was where EV is today, I'd be all in.
That's the part the "EV or no V crowd" wants to overlook.
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The simple, transitional solution is BEV hybrids that have only a small range extender. BMW i3 offers a small motorcycle engine as a range extender. Obviously the performance drops considerably if the demands of the conditions exceeds the engine's abilities to provide enough electricity, but this gets someone down the road to the next supercharger or to their destination. Gas could be taxed high, which, along with the poor performance, would incentivize people to charge up and not use the range extender.
Like I said, there is a lot of room for improvement. I would argue that everyone doesn't need to own a SUV/crossover or truck, but if we analyzed the average family, we would probably find multiple utility vehicles that are used for short commutes only. In fact, the luxury truck is trending. The size of vehicles keeps getting bigger and bigger, unnecessarily. Maybe we aren't ready for 54% new car sales being EVs like Norway, but we are certainly capable of moving further from the 2%.
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According to a February study by Experian Automotive, which specializes in collecting and analyzing automotive data, Americans own an average of 2.28 vehicles per household, and more than 35 percent of households own three or more cars.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/n...27Ronecar.html
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According to Edwards’ data, 75 percent of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less (meaning, never). Nearly 70 percent of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling—putting something in the bed, its ostensible raison d’ętre—once a year or less.
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https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/...cowboy-costume