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by arethuza 5248 days ago
"I don't see any reasons for people not buying electric cars."

Almost all of my car journeys are from Edinburgh to various random locations in the Scottish Highlands to go skiing/cycling/walking - usually from 200 to 400 miles for the round trip - often parking in fairly remote spots. I just don't see an electric car being a sensible choice for our family any time soon.

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You're not the market for this car.

Right now that market is upper-class commuters, who mostly go < 50 miles round trip and would likely use it as a second (or third) car.

I could see a decent market for these things from people who live in the US in VA/MD and commute into and out of DC, for instance. It's not a long distance, but it's a very slow trip because of traffic, and there's a culture of status-symbol cars.