This argument sounds a lot like the proponents of Betamax arguing it’s merits long after the industry had basically abandoned the format.
Car companies are going BEV. End of discussion
Those arguing about EV issues have clearly never owned one. I have both a diesel van and an electric car. My EV has 275,000km on it and my van has 290,000km. In all the time Ive never either run out of diesel nor electricity and that’s the experience of vast majority of people
As for comments about not having a driveway , most people in dense housing situations , which proper town planning , don’t need cars , both my adult kids living in major European capitals don’t have cars , nor do their peer group. Both rent them as needed now and again.
The average car commute is 14 km per day. With current EV ranges approaching 500 km , that charging about once a fortnight , easily done at a local fast charging station. No need for a driveway and not to mention many workplaces have fitted charging points , PAYPAL HQ has 50 in its parking lot near me.
Electric motors are fast , powerful , way better then the 19th century bag of bolts. Once you drive all electric you rarely go back.
Embrace it , it’s going to be all encompassing
Yeah, no..
First EU recognizes that there is no infrastructure to charge all vehicles even if you magically convert them to BEV. Large projects to do so are underway but will not be enough. Therefore there is strategic plan to run at least 30-40% of vehicles on fuel cells/hydrogen. Fuel cell/hydrogen is their strategic choice for range extension. There are EU commission decisions on this. Hydrogen is coming. You can buy fuel cell Toyota today.
If you live in city there is no charging on the street. And that is not gonna change soon.
Your solution to that is that I don't deserve to own a car?
Where I live rentals are prohibitively expensive, 4-5 days of rent equals a monthly payment to own one. So people just buy cars and don't drive them much..
Not everybody work where they live, and most cities in the world have bad public transport anywhere outside inner city limits. Or you have lines that go in such a way that you need to travel 10 km one way and then 10 km back to get to place that is 3km from you if cut across the town directly..
Most industrial parks are on city periphery and by Murphy always there where there is no direct line..
In order for these things to work cities should be much better planned than they are. Now they kind of, sort of, work for many, but not for everybody..
EV's are better tech. They are. Love them. And I can't have them.
If parking in front of my building had chargers I would get EV today. But in front of my building I'm lucky to find a parking space in a first place..
Not to mention that I can buy a decent fully working used gasoline car for 2000€.
Brave new world practically mean that many poor people won't be having a car anymore...