I have a friend who feels very much the same way. In his mind, an EV has GOT to have at least 250-300 mile range or he wouldn't consider. Never mind that he rarely goes out of state or takes long trips, but it's that "what if I need to!" mindset. Of course as EV ranges improve, and even exceed the typical range of a tank of gas, folks will likely adopt electric cars in droves.
People who don't really want one or don't take the time to really do any sort of considerable amount of research shouldn't have one. It just ruins it for the rest of us who are serious about it. I'm not looking forward to waiting in line for public charging stations like Tesla owners do.
EV's are not designed for long trips. For instances where they want to take a long trip, rent a car. There's nothing shameful about that. The car should suit the majority situation and address any future changes - not be the all-in-one car for any and every situation.
Exactly, and many people buying these have a second vehicle. You don't need both cars for highway trips most of the time.
As sipabit states, people just don't understand that an electric car is fully charged every morning at home. Not the same way of thinking as a gas car. Presuming you charge at home.
Yup, different cars serve different purposes. The car for flexibility in addressing all situations will be a gas sedan. As with everything else, something that suits all will be "good enough", but fall short in every single scenario. A lot of people just don't want to knowingly choose to sacrifice something. They feel they're making a stupid choice by knowingly selecting something that isn't "good enough" in any and all aspects.
"fully charged every morning at home." That's a great way to put it. I do see that not everyone has the luxury of charging at home. If that's the case though, there's a lot more to consider and again, there's no shame in driving a gas car. I think there are starting to be too many people who are feeding into the electric car thing as a fad and less as a utility.
I'm confused though why we see Teslas being charged at public stations at all. There's no way these people drive over 110-125 miles one way and don't have charging options at home. Actually, I do know why. They use them as "preferred" parking spaces. I actually wished that public charging stations were FURTHER out from the buildings they serve to avoid that problem of people hogging up the spaces for proximity to their destination vs using the actual charger.
I work at a hospital and can't stand doctors taking up patient parking spaces. That's just ridiculous. With charging stations, buying a Tesla is just their ticket to an excused space that's closer and no one knows the wiser. If I was a doctor, I'd take the space furthest away knowing that patient spaces have higher turnover. Me taking up one space all day vs a much larger number of patients getting to use the same space over the same period of time as they come and go for appointments.
Enough of my rant.
