Very good points, a diesel car engine, like a VW 2.0 L, can last 300-500K miles, the plastic bits and other parts on the car will fail long before the engine will. These engines have been in use for decades, and are very popular in Mexico, because a well taken-care of VW diesel will last a lifetime.
EV popularity is based on the really cool aspects, like torque and 0-60 mph speed, but also the virtue signaling. Rich folks can afford to buy an new Tesla before the battery starts going bad, the average wage slave is stuck w huge bills that they can’t possibly pay when the battery flies or they have a minor fender-bender.
By biggest problem with these EVs has been the government subsidies. We are subsidizing Tesla stock. If it were economically viable, they would not need subsidies. 53 mil of taxpayers money is paying Elon Musk’s salary this year.
Yes. Subsidies are the only way to make the things cheap enough for consumers to swallow.
I could see (and have seen) electric vans being used for deliveries in cities. They seem to work for that kind of operation, especially since you can just go back to the depot and get another truckload in a vehicle that's ready to go.
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