This is a bit misleading. Speaking of myself, I DO want an electric car - but only when the technology evolves so it would have the range that I need to get to some of my "regular" destinations, and a better network of charging stations in case I want to take a "detour" - because, if planned carefully, you can make a road trip in most today's EV's but if you want an element of "spontaniety" to take a "scenic route" here and there, it may be a challenge (to find a chanrging station). As to the cost - yes, the initial cost is high - but if you throw in the cost of fuel (much lower) and maintenance (almost non-existent - yes, you have to replace tires just like in any other vehicle, and brake pads - much less frequently because a lot of braking is regenerative - but no oil changes, transmission services, tune-ups, timing belt replacements, etc.), you will break even and get ahead throughout the lifetime of your car (of course, at some point you will have to replace batteries and that will throw that off again - but, again, hope the technology will evolve and they will get a lot less expensive). So, how many of us don't want EV at all? - and how many don't want it NOW but are waiting for the techonology to evlove before they start wanting it?
You want more people to buy electric cars? Sell them without batteries and make batteries uniform, modular and swappable. This would make the cars cheaper and swapping a battery in an automated station would be faster than charging. Batteries could be upgraded as technology improves and nobody would be stuck with a lemon with a bad battery. Lighter batteries could be fitted for local driving, making the drive more enjoyable and reducing wear on tires and roads. Larger batteries could be fitted when traveling further from swap or recharging stations. Users would either lease or rent batteries, paying for the amount of electricity used. I think electric car supporters ignore the cost, and that the average car on the road is currently over 12 years old. Who wants to spend $25,000.00 on a ten old Tesla Model S when a battery replacement could easily cost over $15,000.00?
It seems to me that as the technology improves, EVs will become a compelling CHOICE for more and more people. In other words, let the market work. It is wrong to force people into situations that are more expensive, less convenient, and less suited for their needs. For urban/suburban folks, EVs probably make complete sense. For those who live in the country, need a dependable work truck, etc not so much. We should also be honest about the environmental impacts of EV production - especially in the mining and refining of the minerals required and the production of the electricity needed. They are NOT environmentally benign. It's classic how California is mandating people to drive EVs and then asks people not to charge them because the grid can't handle it.
Gas &/or Hybrid's are OK. EV's good only if you have someplace you can regularly plug in somewhere w/out issues for at least 4-8 hours for a full charge. if you don't have that lined up solid you're going to have some headaches. Not sure what value EV's will have as "used" since whomever buys them knows they're in for $5k-$15k for a new battery (if one is even available when you need it). It's going to be risky to buy them used.
Ev will never be the majority for many reasons. The first being you have to solve the problem of poor people. Avg car age on the road is 12 years, so you got problems there. Next, apparently every article believes everyone lives in a house with a garage lol. Never mind the apartment dwellers, the section 8 dwellers, the city dwellers who park 2 blocks from their flat, cold weather dwellers. The list is endless
There's an entire subculture on the extreme right fringe that's completely pro-pollution, anti-EV that's been led by the usual QOP propaganda suspects like Fox Propaganda. Just like they drove up pro-Jan 6 insurrection support and election denial, they are doing the same on EVs with their easily influenced followers. They are using EVs as a proxy for their anti-global warming belief.
Hey if you have money to throw away buy an EV there is no infrastructure for it and they aren't CLOSE to having a pickup truck that can actually be used for a pickup truck with towing @100 miles on a full charge What a JOKE. I'm 60 and I don't ever plan on owning one at worst I'll rebuild what I have gas isn't going anywhere in the next 20 years.
I have no problems with electric cars and trucks for the majority that live in cities. Rural cold weather communities I believe them to be a mistake. Towing range is horrendous. I will consider one if and when solid state battery tech hits the market and the milage between charges are 10x what they are now