[michaelteter]

> That's why so many people are cautious about "EVs to save us all"

Certainly no, that's not why people are "cautious". They are hesitant about EVs because they fear running out of "gas" mid-trip.

Most people don't give a shit about anything except their plans and needs (and not necessarily unreasonbly so). You can just look around at what kinds of cars most people purchase to reason what their priorities are (or are not).

Reducing greenhouse gasses are not on most people's priority list.

[matsemann]

Range anxiety was solved years ago. I don't know of anyone with an EV (which is most car owners here in Norway) that actually feel this is a problem. You can charge at basically every gas station in the country, and new cars have 400km ++ range.

[NullPrefix]

Saying range anxiety was solved years ago is the same as saying hunger was solved hundreds of years ago. Just because you can afford it, doesn't mean everyone else can afford it.

[matsemann]

Well if affordability is your concern, what about all those that can't afford cars? Purchasing, insurances, payments, gas, repairs, other upkeep etc. is tremendously invasive in lots of people's economy.

So for affordability's sake, figure out how to avoid cars entirely is the best bet.

[michaelteter]

Millions of new cars are sold yearly in the US. It's a huge market. It's also a huge country, with some long distances between some cities.

Assuming charging is available at most gas stations on US highways, it's still not attractive to most people to have to wait 30 minutes (or whatever) for a fast charge to allow them to continue their journey.

Norway might be a good use case, but currently the US is not a good use case (except in town). So US buyers will still need one gasoline car for road trips.

Personally I'd prefer passenger train infrastructure over millions of electric cars. Equal or more cars is, as the article notes, still a bad thing.

[jjav]

> Range anxiety was solved years ago.

Well no, it wasn't. My partner just bought a new EV recently and range anxiety is huge. I've been researching places to charge and there's nothing convenient nearby. There's an old business campus but it's a sketchy area to go sit for an hour or more. There's one near a starbucks close by but they are ridiculously expensive (95c/kwh). The best one is at a whole foods, but requires driving 15 minutes away from their destination, go sit there for an hour and then drive to campus. Not so great.