This is a complete red herring.
Who said I was anti EV?
Agree the tipping point is - does the EV fill your use case. I own rental property 10 minutes from my house. A truck frunk would have meant I could have had a full suite of Milwaukee packouts in the truck to cover differnt job types rather then what i do now - often end up buying tools I already have back at the hosue because I went for one job and ended up needing eletric tools or other tools I didnt bring. I have a shore house 100 miles one way - with some charging there I am totally covered except the two or three times I year where we drive the 200 mile round trip in same day but go to marina and not house - that could push a stanard battery. Reality is I would need to supercharge maybe 1 or 2 times a year at most. Hell with a frunk I could likely go down a Ford Ranger EV if they had one and get some really good city parking.EVs aren't going anywhere but up in adoption. Trips are still a problem as infrastructure sucks, but w/ more taxpayer money being handed out and tesla taking some to modify their chargers, trips will get better -- but most battery tech sucks in the charging realm. Gen 2 will be better batteries and strategies. The shared kia / hyundai platform rocks when it uses its charging conditioning where the car gets all variables lined up to get a ~15% to 80% charge around 15 minutes. That's basically 200 miles range or so in 15 minutes which is some of the best.
The current lighting just can't come anywhere close to that. Updates have improved its charge times. It also has 2 AC compressors on it (HVDC powered) that it can use to cool the batteries and motors when equipped w/ the proper towing package. Towing range still sucks and charging for 45m every 2 hours is just bad. So as a tow vehicle, poo.
Now for an errand runner, EV can't be beat. Hop in, hit start, and you're off. Nothing to worry about in regards to heating up the engine, going easy the first few minutes, etc... You just get in, hit on, put in gear, and go warp speed if you want. My MME driving is very spirited. Sure you get a little less range, but the car just doesn't care. Many of us have been tracking batt life and at 20k miles the battery reports being ~6% degraded, but already has 'spare' capacity walled off for future use if needed so that the battery warranty isn't needed. With ford's batteries, if you have 1 of the cell banks (8-12 of them depending on vehicle) go bad, you can drop the batt and replace the batt cell pack.
If I had a 5.0 mustang and drove it like I drive the MME, I'd get about 9-10 MPG or so. Instead, for the cost of 1 gal gas at $3.25/gallon, I get 185 miles range of 'spirited driving' (which is also what the lighting under other than 'spirited' driving gets). Or if I don't treat the gas pedal like it's a light switch, I'd get closer to 280 miles of range for $3.25 worth of electrons (out the door price, not pre-tax). Maintenance wise -- well it needs tires changed and the motor's trans fluid (not a trans, just fixed ratio) changed every 40k or so. No plugs, filters, trans clutches, etc... The brakes don't even get used unless things are REALLY spirited
I'm building a new 'facility' that will be entirely solar powered, including the EV's usage. I will still, however, happily consume my $0.014 cents / kWh power rate from 11p-7a, every single day of the year -- if any additional power is needed (highly doubtful given solar capacity, but multiday storms can hamper generation). I've got 45kWh worth of batteries already that will take a little charge over-night (while also having all usage at that rate during those hours), while they power things until the solar is online. Solar generation capacity will be between 100 and 140 kWh / day. ACs / heaters will be run liberally as well as charging up vehicles when conditions warrant.
I don't have a long commute and charge at the office about once a week, and that includes a 100 mile trip weekly. The office pays for my charging -- I only use a 40a charger which delivers 10%/hr, but a 50a charger would deliver another 25%, or 25% charge in 2 hours. Never need to hit a charging station -- even a clothes dryer's plug could add 85%, or 210 miles range overnight (10hrs - depends on safe current limits of the wiring / socket)
Lightning gets about 2 - 2.5 miles / kW depending on speed. If you have an EV electric utility plan, it's pretty cheap to charge. My utility offers an EV plan where all electricity used from 11p-7a is 3.5 cents / kWh out the door.
