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"But we don't have the infrastructure" stop repeating oil industry propaganda, I even hear this from people I know.
You have never driven beyond the distance I cycle to work. What fucking infrastructure do you need? You have electrical sockets at home. Sling an extension lead out the window.
Oh well, keep being angry about petrol prices and doing absolutely nothing about it I guess. It actually doesn't effect me in any way because I just don't buy fossil fuels.
here in Australia, i charge my BYD from a socket in the wall near the car, from the solar on my roof 80% of the time, another 15% is destination charging, I live in a small rural village, occasionally drive into the small nearby city for chores and a bigger grocery shop; plug in, go buy groceries, come out , unplug, drive home. 5% stall chargers on road trips. for the rest. I also charge my ebike off the solar panels. Making your own fuel at home from the sun is awesome.
In 10 years or less, we will start hear about range anxiety for GAS cars.
gas stations are closing in Norway and Netherlands for example
Seeing as this is about global sales, the infrastructure argument still applies and will apply for the foreseeable future even if you live somewhere where driving and consumption patterns fit EVs perfectly.
Do you not have electricity at home?
My post was also anecdotal examples of multiple people I know who have refused to get EVs despite having the option to.
The pattern here is that most people can only afford one car, and needing to drive 350+ km between towns is not a daily necessity but still a common occurrence, otherwise you get stranded between towns in life threatening temperatures. Please explain how having power at home fixes that without charging stations in-between.
350km between towns? Most people don't live in the middle of the outback. Obviously if you do then a plug in hybrid and endurance fuel tank might make more sense.
Cool, continue to dismiss other people's circumstances. It makes for a very convincing argument.
I don't even live in Australia so said conditions might be more common than you think.
I shall, because you clearly are not reading my initial point correctly.