[perl4ever]

"because even if an EV covers 90% of your use case, if the 10% is critical, the EV isn't an option."

If we did the sensible thing and taxed energy until people chose the efficient option, I believe plug-in hybrids would take over.

Electric car enthusiasts are instinctively against the added complexity of a gas engine, but it's countered by the substantially reduced amount of battery capacity needed and the fact that now 100% of the use cases are covered.

I believe that a large carbon or energy tax combined with otherwise laissez faire policy would have the major benefit of getting people to do the efficient thing rather than the ideological or emotional thing.