If you're trying to maximize mileage, and minimize impact, why are you puting EV drives in oversized vehicles? It's just such a short sighted design goal. I get why the american automakers do it, but it just seems to clash with who would actually want to purchase EVs, the same as the japanese compacts in the 80s and 90s.
The bigger problem is people not wanting to buy secondhand EV‘s because of perceived battery issues which really isn’t a huge problem like it used to be with first generation EVs.
The second huge issue is range anxiety. There are so many hoops you need to jump through in order to be able to charge in America. For instance, right now I’m charging at some 20 kW charger in the middle of West Virginia since I was on a road trip and I directed myself to a Tesla supercharger but this happens to be one of the few superchargers that does not support non-Tesla vehicles so now I’m stuck in a charging desert and I need 100 miles of range to get to the next one that actually supports no non-Tesla vehicles. The whole thing is a mess. There’s too much research involved in just going somewhere and charging your vehicle on the way. I don’t know why they don’t start putting EV charging signs on road signs like they have with gas stations.
Finally, I think the biggest problem is these EV‘s do not perform well in cold weather. China seems to have solved all of these problems, especially with their latest LFP technology, but it’s never gonna make its way over here because we have idiot, decrepit, corrupt MAGA in power right now and they’re too busy jacking off their billionaire oil dinosaurs.
