When range is your overriding concern, what's so surprising?
An offshoot to the range problem is the question: "Can I be sure I can recharge this thing?"
An offshoot to the range problem is the question: "Can I be sure I can recharge this thing?"
For me, range has never been a concern or issue for the last few years.
I've rented quite a few EVs long term and if you have to travel 200+ mile trips even 5% of the time they incite terrifying range anxiety in some (most) parts of the country (US).
If you are always or very nearly always under 100 miles a day, they're fine. Most _people_ live in that realm, but most _areas_ in the US are full of people who do not.
"How much can I spend to throw away CO2 to go to a place with my car?"
the point of sale ev credits coming in 2024 would help, but if your in the used market (e.g. low income end) this would suck.
Anyway, I think that's a good idea for these situations.
I communicates that prices will be going up in the long term and allows people to cut their cloth accordingly.
I do share your concern though. I think we need to resurrect the idea of the 'peoples car' to get cheap new EVs out there, to make up for a lack of depth in the second hand ev market.
That's what EV are good for, outside of narrow good use cases. People just don't wanna use them for anything except virtue signalling.