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I'm curious to see what happens this coming year with VW's onslaught of EVs. Big company, makes real cars, I think this will be make or break for the EVs. So far it's been $$ tesla, now $$ porsche and Audi, and cheap but crappy looking Leaves and bolts. VW could do cheap and cute, with decent range.
Their ID3 seems decent and it'll be bastardized here, but I'm super happy with my "rare and unsuccessful" e-golf as it is so I imagine their cars will be successful. I have a 1972 911 and a 73 2002 in the garage so assume I'm a gas car guy, but I'm totally converted by the E-golf's practicality and peanuts cost to run - *as long as you have a home and a charger* and don't need to commute too far and own another car when you do. Hell, I just put lightweight GTI size wheels on it this w/e and promptly lost 15% of my range (but gained handling and braking in spades)..
Where's the point again? Oh, I'm a gas car guy. I love my EV. It's ok to appreciate both for what they are good at. As a beater car (90% of my driving is to work in traffic), it's perfect. If we got our fingers out of our collectives arses and developed more clean nuclear and modernized the grid, this could work for most homeowners or apartment dweller.. Imagine most 2 car households with one EVs and one modern/cleaner car instead of what we have now. It would certainly cleanup cities some, and reduce oil imports... And they are fun to drive, I swear... But if you ask me to queue to refill at a public charging station and wait 20 minutes, no thanks, gimme gas. I guess it is slanted towards homeowners - workplaces might help too, mine has 10 chargers for 200 cars, ridiculous....
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