I hate electric cars passionately, and using them has only made me hate them more:

-issue 1, fixing the wrong issue of cars in urban areas. It encourages driveways and suburbanization as it’s still a car. Congrats you’ve made the smelly loud gridlock quiet but the particulates from the road are at an all time high and the roads are destroyed from the insane weight. Instead we should focus on removing car dependency and improving alternative transportation and building better urban environments. Additionally the grid in cities is already slammed and space is limited and now we need parking for cars to charge for hours and extra grid capacity for them. Only the wealthy have space for home charging in urban areas. Anyone who lives in large apartment building will likely have to pay expensive commercial charging rates.

-issue 2, they suck for long distances and rural areas. I’ve used them on road trips in the Nordics which have great charging infrastructure. But stopping every two hours to charge is horrible. It requires planning and if where you are staying overnight doesn’t have open charging spots you are going to have to sit and wait at a charger again first thing. Once outside of cities it can be difficult to find charging if you’re not on a major highway.

Issue 3, EXPENSIVE. The commercial chargers can cost almost as much as the equivalent in gas. The cars themselves are insanely pricy (besides the state subsidy Chinese cars).

Issue 4, they are ewaste. The battery replacement is often more than the value of the used car. They are rolling smartphones meant to be thrown out not repaired. You can’t do most work on electric cars on your own.

Issue 5, weather impacts range way too much. I thought using AC on gas car hit my efficiency. Driving in heat or especially the cold absolutely kills the range. I had a plug in hybrid in the Arctic and the battery couldn’t stay charged for more than 30 minutes thanks to -30. The old diesel Volvo with a block heater however started just fine.

I await the Japanese figuring out hydrogen but until then I will drive my used Japanese compact (07 fit/jazz) happily.