I drive an electric golf cart for the Villages and golf. I have a gasoline car when I want to go further/faster.
Both are excellent for their intended use. But at this point in time, an EV as your car is an "80%" car. By that I mean that for 80% of the time, it is only used in this area, and then goes back to its garage to be recharged. No worries
But then there is that "20%" when you need to go farther. Or something comes up and you don't have time to recharge fully. Or you do take it on a longer trip and you can't find/have to wait for a charger, or there are software glitches and the charger won't work with your car. Or you are in a dark parking lot nervously recharging and hoping you aren't mugged, or worse.
This, plus the fact that I keep my cars longer than the 10 year battery warranty, and many of battery components are mined/sold by the communist Chinese who are horrifically exploiting those that do the mining, puts EV on my "don't buy" list for the time being. And if they are so great, why do we need to provide subsidies?
For those of you that don't mind those things, you are welcome to be the beta test pioneer. I'll wait and see how it plays out. Because remember:
"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse get the cheese".
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