[geggam]

I can essentially haul a Prius around on/behind my Tahoe with 6 people plus the driver. Not sure we are apples to apples here

[dsfyu404ed]

Your Tahoe may as well be a Prius for the purposes of major component cost. Its major components are about the cheapest there are since it's basically a GM truck. It doesn't get any cheaper than that. The Prius is a valid comparison.

When a proper cheap mass market EV comes along it will likely have similar maintenance costs as a comparable ICE vehicles.

[geggam]

My question around EV is arent we switching fossil fuels from petroleum (gas) to minerals (batteries) ?

It seems suboptimal to not use something like hemp biodeisel or hydrogen ICE