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That’s only one reason i mentioned… but you do realize that a majority of the population is in debt and can’t get approved for financing though right? Your fiscal analysis is already in the electric car thread and I can definitely appreciate it for what it is — a through examination of numbers extrapolated over a long period of time showing a benefit purely from that perspective.
There’s also charging situations. I live in a 12 year old condo building and there’s no way to charge an electric car here. No plugs anywhere and no infrastructure for it… and the building is not even very old. I’d have to be going out to sit at a charger every few days. A large swath of the population would have the same issue.
I'm not sure how the environmental beliefs pan out, I don't gather that most of your business or flying around is all that environmentally friendly tbh... so... blah. Everyone is going to be different that way.
I don’t even personally commute to work by car anymore, I walk and take the train when I do have to go in… but besides costs this is a car enthusiast forum? I know enthusiasm comes in many forms, but quite a few people don’t want to drive to work in something just because it’s cheap to operate. Personally I find driving EV’s boring as fuck, I do realize I might be in a minority in the general population but whirring around with no engine sounds and no gears to change makes me feel like a eunuch and is not how I’d want to spend my time just because it’s “cheap” so there’s that factor as well. Again I don’t expect I’m on the majority but I’m definitely not alone.. If I did commute, I’d never do it that way if I had a choice… why spend most of my driving time any given day miserable and bored out of my mind?
I guess we’re just ignoring the other point that ending car ownership completely is actually the governments end goal.
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