US EV owners jumping ship.

[PMCErnie]

Odd that this article makes no mention of hybrid vehicles being an EV alternative. Maybe that’s just “assumed.”

Nearly half EV owners want to return to gas - their 3 complaints about electric

A RECENT study revealed that nearly half of early American EV adopters are looking to pivot back to gas cars in their next new car purchase. EV drivers pointed to three main problems with their cur…

www.the-sun.com

 

[VictoryGenesis]

I'd say the biggest problem is still with the range. The other day we were cruising with our 2.0 TFSI down the road and we made quite bit of road that day... the range meter was still showing the same value. It was around 650 kilometers and still was after making some 20 kilometers or so. Although I have to give some of it to the additive added good quality gas we picked up earlier... but still.

EV range tend to be often times abysmal in comparison. Even if you have good range on paper, in reality it's far less given the environmental factors and such. Like you get a car with 500 kilometers of range and the screen shows something about 400 on a good day.

However, they are now making solid / liquid state hybrid batteries. Some part of the battery pack is solid state while the rest is a lithium form or such. This is said to achieve more range and stability as well, while reducing production rarity costs.

 

[EdP]

I'd say the biggest problem is still with the range. The other day we were cruising with our 2.0 TFSI down the road and we made quite bit of road that day... the range meter was still showing the same value. It was around 650 kilometers and still was after making some 20 kilometers or so. Although I have to give some of it to the additive added good quality gas we picked up earlier... but still.

EV range tend to be often times abysmal in comparison. Even if you have good range on paper, in reality it's far less given the environmental factors and such. Like you get a car with 500 kilometers of range and the screen shows something about 400 on a good day.

However, they are now making solid / liquid state hybrid batteries. Some part of the battery pack is solid state while the rest is a lithium form or such. This is said to achieve more range and stability as well, while reducing production rarity costs.

Range certainly is one issue. The other is lack of understanding when they bought. The charging infrastructure has a way to go yet, cold weather planning.

I'm sure some of the buyers just wanted to be the first on their block to have an EV but did not know what they were getting into. It will get much better over time. Better batteries with longer range, more charging stations, faster charge times.

ICE cars had their problems many years ago to. Lack of roads, lack of gas stations, etc. Many people thought they would never become popular.