he thinks people are not interested in buying environment-friendly vehicles because there are too few options for consumers.

Mental gymnastics. This guy lives on da nile. People want cars that are reliable, convenient and affordable. EVs have none of those traits. His argument is like communists that proclaim that real communism just hasn't been tried.

Here's the thing: I don't even want a free EV because I don't want to change my lifestyle because of a stupid car. Because of it's power plant, I must plan trips around available and working chargers. I have to add a considerable amount of time to charge my car on a trip. I don't want the range anxiety that is inherent with these vehicles. I don't want to have to take time replacing all four tires every 5 thousand miles. I don't want to worry about my garaged car spontaneously catching on fire and burning my house down.

Owning an EV is similar to owning a pet that requires taking it out several times per day, walking it and picking up its shit even when it's snowing out. Then taking it to a kennel when you need to go out. Thanks but no thanks.

One of the options that I would like is to able to drive outside the grid.

Make that little SUV a hybrid and see what happens.

Do I want to buy a vehicle that will have very limited mileage (where I live in a rural area and need to be able to drive distances), that has a "fuel" system which deteriorates in effectiveness over a decade or so, at which point I will need to fork out something close to the initial purchase price of the vehicle to replace it, all while living with the very real risk that the battery pack may go into thermal runaway while charging, creating a fire that neither I nor the local fire brigade has the slightest hope of extinguishing. All this to enjoy the prospect of slowly charging it with electricity that is becoming ever more expensive and less reliable, and with the likely scenario that the government will force me to plug it in, such that it can by used as a "virtual" power station. Leaving me stuck with a worthless piece of junk with a negative resale value that I cannot reliably fuel up.

If this is pushed out to everyone (as they say, though this is not physically possible), the roads will crumble under the combined effects of excess weight and a dramatic reduction in road repair funding, which comes largely from fuel excises where I live. EVs do not contribute to road maintenance at all.

EVs are a stupid concept that maybe works for a tiny clique of latte sipping faggots in the inner city who drive only a few miles a day and never have to get anything serious done. For real people, doing real jobs, they are utterly unsuitable. People don't want them because they are not better than what we already have.

What a retard.

They live in there own little fantasy world. Add any options and you can only make it to work, not back.

The average person can't keep their phone charged properly when they need it and have to find a charger at some point during the day. I don't think EV owners ever want to admit but I bet they have lots of times when they get in their EVs, realize they forgot to charge it, and realize they aren't going anywhere with it for a few hours.