I think that’s the key. I think EVs work great for a large swath of the densely populated East Coast and some fairly urban places in the rest of the country. But all of the midsize towns and small cities in the South, Midwest, and West are going to be very tough to manage in an EV.

Would it cover your needs 80% of the time? Absolutely. But in reality you need a second vehicle that burns fuel to cover that 20%. The places where this is most true are also the poorest places in the county. The places where buying one vehicle that can do everything is critical. They also have the harshest weather and are much closer to situations where survival is vehicle dependent. The vehicles have to be so inexpensive you almost can’t afford to not have one or they have to do everything better than their ICE counterparts for similar money to get widespread adoption.

I’ve been saying for a while now that HOAs need to have a small pool of pickups to time share. People need pickups occasionally, but definitely not daily for the vast majority. Their fuel consumption, emissions, road wear and safety make a huge impact. Needlessly, most of the time. A small HOA fleet would allow for people in suburbs to focus on people transporters for their daily drivers.