Long-Range EVs Are the Antithesis of Efficiency and Sustainability

For me and several people I know, EVs have yet to reach a minimum utility level where we would consider purchasing them.

I can get any old gas powered vehicle with 500 mile range. It will have that range on a 5 minute "charge". When the temperature is 5 degrees F (not balmy california coastal temps). It will do so with a 5 year old storage system (tank). In fact, the storage system will not degrade over time.

And the price of the gas powered vehicle with much better utility? Less.

There's a lot of talk about averages in this piece. The US Air Force once went to a lot of trouble measuring pilots. They then built an airplane cockpit that would accommodate the average pilot. It didn't actually fit anyone.

The funny thing is that it's only today that EVs have to be long-range. Probably in a few decades' time there will be charging stations everywhere so you wouldn't mind having a much shorter range.

I know some people drive across the wilderness, but I personally almost never drive anywhere that isn't within a hundred metres of mains electricity. How hard would it be to add a metered tap everywhere where someone might need it?

(OK, speed of charging might still be a problem.)