mousepad wrote:theluckycountry wrote: EV will not vanish entirely. It has it's niches, inner-city commuting ,
That's not a niche. That is the usecase where ev excels. And short errands/commute is the majority of miles driven.
Actually, I wrote this
EV will not vanish entirely. It has it's niches, inner-city commuting, at least for the wealthy middle-class
mousepad wrote:EV should target this specific application by:
1. install chargers in cities and suburbs, preferably at every workplace parking. (chargers in rural areas for long distance travel is a total waste of money)
Well they have been doing that but the companies are going bankrupt. It doesn't generate enough profit, at least not at reasonable electricity prices.
mousepad wrote:2. build small, light EV with limited range (50 to 100 miles)
3. heavily incentivize small EV (and no incentives for luxury EV, like tesla, jaguar, f150, etc.)
4. indoctrinate how cool and great and awesome them small EV are. Indoctrinate the small EV as being the hip socially acceptable thing for suburbanites and city slicks. It must become morally unacceptable to own a big car.
Well if we want to be sure, we better add to that list.
5. Change employment diversity laws to stipulate 50% of a companies staff must be EV drivers.
6. Subsidize tires and insurance to EV's
7. Subsidize electricity to all charging points, 50% or better.
8. Pass a law that says anyone not driving an EV in the city can't be sold food within the city limits.
9. Have arranged marriages so beautiful young women can only choose an EV owner.
Under those conditions, I'd buy one myself