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At the moment we seem to be losing the battle for EV acceptance among the general public. How best to change the direction of the conversation?
EV Ownership Ticks Up, but Fewer Nonowners Want to Buy One
The biggest no is amongst people with low incomes. That's the most telling problem, and one that has always needed to be solved (directly and indirectly) by the cost of EVs falling.At the moment we seem to be losing the battle for EV acceptance among the general public. How best to change the direction of the conversation?
EV Ownership Ticks Up, but Fewer Nonowners Want to Buy One
Yes, costs are still out of reach of most people. And not just purchase costs, but insurance and repair, and charger installation.The biggest no is amongst people with low incomes. That's the most telling problem, and one that has always needed to be solved (directly and indirectly) by the cost of EVs falling.
But it has to be done right. Just hand someone the keys and say "good luck!" (which is what seems to happen with a lot of rentals) and they're probably going to have a bad experience--triply so if they're renting at a destination (so relying on fast and public chargers instead of charging at home).And then people just need the experience of using an electric vehicle.
I think you'd be really hard pressed to be getting 60mi a day off a 5-15 outlet unless you were driving an Aptera or something. Realistically about 30 mi/day is all you could expect, assuming it's not cold and you're wasting all that power just keeping the battery warm. It's not a solution for most working people no matter what someone says the "average" is, because plenty of people drive more than the average and/or don't have a lot of time to charge at home (in my case, I'm only home 8-9 hours a day and drive 70-80 miles/day during the week).You could do that charging on 15A outlet - no special installation at home.
Not really (at this point anyway). If the approach turns from carrot (tax breaks, incentives) to sticks (ICE production bans) then yes you will see a lot of pushback, especially if the other factors hampering adoption (cost, charging, and inconvenience*) are not addressed first. But any kind of effort (real or perceived) to push a change that way will be met with some pushback; people really don't like being forced to do something even if it's something they'd otherwise do willingly.Does anyone think it has to do with the ""GOV"" pushing the EV's?
Yeah....a $25K EV might help..no pointing fingers at Elon..low priced would make an impact.The biggest no is amongst people with low incomes. That's the most telling problem, and one that has always needed to be solved (directly and indirectly) by the cost of EVs falling.
The biggest no is amongst people with low incomes.
That's the most telling problem, and one that has always needed to be solved (directly and indirectly) by the cost of EVs falling.
How’s that? They won’t be able to PLUG IN their PLUG IN hybrid at home so it defeats the entire purpose of a PHEV.Looks like PHEV is seeing a resurgence. That's a good bridge auto-tech for those folks where personal home charging is not possible.
Sorry, this it total nonsense either from a troll, someone with no experience with a Tesla, or a moron who isn't smart enough make a Tesla work.ev s are cool but such a drag w current infrastructure... even w a tesla it still sucks...
While this is true for long distance travel, daily EV usage when you don’t have home or work charging is absolutely still a drag today.Sorry, this it total nonsense either from a troll, someone with no experience with a Tesla, or a moron who isn't smart enough make a Tesla work.
I go everywhere with our Tesla and other than having to stop at places near Superchargers instead of just wherever I happen to run low on gas, it is just as fast and convenient for anything except for pee-in-a-bottle or wear astronaut-diapers, cannonball runs.
I drove from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean in 3 days before there were any V3 Superchargers and I-40 wasn't well covered with V2.
That's definitely true. However, IMHO, folks should work to get home or workplace charging (wherever their car spends a lot of time parked). It's worth spending real money to do so, if nothing else, for the convenience.While this is true for long distance travel, daily EV usage when you don’t have home or work charging is absolutely still a drag today.
I would not own any EV if I didn’t have the ability to charge at home.
ur obviously a 9-5 worker bee slave who is not yet financially stable or smart enuff to figure out that time is $, i own enuff real estate to house your entire lineage dating back to the days you can trace it back to where or when ever that is... and most ppl in my class of financial standing owns a tesla as a toy not a glorified trophy...Sorry, this it total nonsense either from a troll, someone with no experience with a Tesla, or a moron who isn't smart enough make a Tesla work.
I go everywhere with our Tesla and other than having to stop at places near Superchargers instead of just wherever I happen to run low on gas, it is just as fast and convenient for anything except for pee-in-a-bottle or wear astronaut-diapers, cannonball runs.
I drove from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean in 3 days before there were any V3 Superchargers and I-40 wasn't well covered with V2.