The horse just got shot in the current federal spending bill. The federal NEVI program got canceled, federal tax credits no matter if the EV is US made are gone, the federal grants and loan guarantees for building US battery plants are gone, and a $250 a year EV road tax was added.
Excellent for the average person commuting in the city. You leave home with a "full tank" and you come home, on the same day, before "the fuel light comes".
There were a lot of charging stations popping up before government intervention. There was Tesla, EVGo. Chargepoint, Volta and Electrify America, to name some around here. Even car dealers have them. The government was involved with EA though, but in a different way. VW had to put the stations up because of penance due to the diesel emissions scandal. Theirs are the worst for reliability. Although, if there's an issue, they tend to turn the other stations on for free charging.
Personally, I would just rent what I need for how long needed, then just turn it back in when done. I wouldn't buy a pick-up truck for the day I might need one to pick up a bed load of sod, I would rent then return.
If you live in NYC, why bother owning a car.You could rent a screwdriver when you need one too, why bother owning one? Own nothing, be happy!
My baby brother sold his when he moved to NYC for law school. Said it's absolutely pointless there, but that's an outlier to the rest of the US.
My cousin did the same. Got tired of having to get up around 4 am just to switch the car from one side of the street to the other.
We've owned a pickup of one type or the other for about 35 out of our 43 years. Maybe it's an Iowa thing. Right now, I usually have my tailgater on so I can throw the bikes over whenever we want to head out for a ride. I'll get several loads of mulch a year and add in all the other garden stuff (dirt, rock, tiles,...). Don't have to think about where and when I'll pick up a rental and return it. There have been times when the load of dirt sat in the truck for several days.
Someday. Right now, they're working on places where there's traffic.
Paid $40K for my roomy small town house 15 years ago and got a 22 year old TDI ready to go in the driveway. Why would I give that up to pay 10 times as much for a house near chargers and too much traffic and even more $$$ for an EV with a 10 year life expectancy?
Lack of employment opportunities.
I'm necroing an old post; not sure if I mentioned it, but I got to test drive my uncle's Rivian last September when I spent a few days with him in Florida. I have to say, hands down, it's a f**king NIGHT AND DAY difference, to me anyways, than a Tesla. I like how it drove, loved how it accomodated us tall people (my uncle and I used to be the same height, but he shrunk an inch or so in the past few years, but still being over 6'2, I haven't yet found a Tesla that made me really feel comfortable in the front seats).
Wow, does that mean in two years my 2017 Bolt is going to self-destruct?
Here it would be more like 15-20x: house prices are crazy.
Pencil the math out, before you heavily invest in batteries. I haven't found a turn key or diy approach that pays for itself in the life expectancy of the batteries for more them supplemental/ short term back up. I just recently looked into them again, adding solar to the shop later this summer and I still can't make the math work with our power consumption, production and how our net metering is structured to get batteries.
