I would buy an EV if it could
I would buy an EV if it could get me where I needed to go. But they can't. The range problem is not a simple gamble of suddenly discovering dramatically superior battery technology. Development butted up against fundamental physics barriers long ago. What we have seen in the last ten years is only incremental improvement, much of it economically ridiculous on a well-to-wheels basis -- overly complex, wasteful, short-lived peak amp retention, potentially dangerous -- that falls far short of what consumers demand. The battery EV segment was given a heavenly chance to prove itself with tremendous government incentives over the past 4 years. They failed miserably. The best solution they could present to consumers was an option to buy two cars, an EV for local travel and an ICE for range at a total cost equivalent to 3 ICE vehicles. No wonder hybrids dominate! But most puzzling is the EV true believers' stance against refuelable batteries. Refuelable batteries are the obvious solution to the range problem but mention hydrogen to this crowd and they start gnashing their teeth! Hydrogen makes more sense every day with rising petroleum prices, plentiful natural gas and rapidly expanding renewable infrastructure. The political decision that ditched fuel cells in favor of ancient battery tech was very costly in terms of dollars and the loss of momentum in US fuel cell development. Luckily, the rest of the world was not focused on the "quick fix" falsely promised by US policy, guided by an amateur executive and an idiot savant nuclear physicist, and continued the development of hydrogen vehicles, many as hybrids incorporating lightweight and cheap supercapacitors instead of "advanced" batteries. Like Winston Churchill said, " Americans usually get it right after they try everything else."