To answer your topic question- not yet. EV's in the big scheme of things are not a huge sector of the driving public. Growing? Yes. But it's not as hugely popular as they would like it to be. I don't care what the tree-huggers say, the motoring public just isn't that hyped about EVs. Of course, that won't matter because the auto makers got duped and are "all in" on developing EVs, so much to the point they're abandoning gas powered vehicles for future plans. Talk about the Raw New Deal.
Here's one kicker for you...Cadillac is going all-electric by 2030 and have promised they will not unveil any new ICE cars anymore at car show events. Which is retarded since their current lineup of cars have ICEs. They're asking Cadillac dealers to upgrade their dealerships on THEIR OWN DIME (millions of $) to be able to support Cadillac EV servicing or risk losing Cadillac support. THEN they will reimburse dealerships. Our local Caddy dealer said hey GM...F.U. Their dealer lot is virtually empty of 2022 cars and trucks. How are they going to generate the funds to modify their dealership when GM won't build any cars because they're out of chips? So they're no longer going to be selling Cadillacs. Practically not selling any now. They even took an ad out in the paper to explain the move, it's that sad. Soon, the nearest Cadillac dealer will be about 50 minute drive away.
Just because you can now drive a Tyco slot car on the road, doesn't mean it's going to be more exciting. For one, it'll probably take you longer to get across country right now than it would in a comparable gas model.
Muckity Mucks that are pushing the EV technology completely lose sight of the fact that the current electrical grid status simply cannot, and will not, support a mass exodus from fossil fuel cars right away. And even if it could, you'll see that $12 recharge triple or more just to have a charging station due to the supply and demand shift, inflation, and other factors. I mean, no big deal, right, they're only on average $60K to get behind the wheel of an EV. Then it'll cost you at least 1/3 of the price of gas to "fill up". The current EV "tax break" incentive of 7700 or whatever it is just isn't enough anymore.
Change is inevitable. But when it's a forced change, it's never as good as an organic change that people actually and truly want. Financially incentivizing or de-centivizing the behavior may be better than just saying you will do this or else. Without the public support, no forced change is going to go as planned. If they let that "invisible hand" guide the change, it'll be much better. If not, well, most of these old farts coming up with this stuff will likely be dead when it is proven they were wrong. Again.
If they retro the penalties against fossil fuel cars, there likely will be a revolt. So far I've seen that only the "new" cars are going to be affected by all the changes in MPG averages, etc. I'm not against cleaner energy or EVs in general if that's what you want. I'm just not sure the current plan is going to work like they think it is. There's a lot of cart-putting before said horse and assumptions that electrical prices are going to stay low and affordable, which of course, it won't. They're trying to do this without fugging over the poorer people that can't afford all this EV crap and still have to drive to their crappy job, but yet, can't find that magic bullet to do it. They KNOW they're going to fugg them at some point, they just don't want to say it out loud.
And how many more birds must die from wind turbines? You don't hear about that for some reason. Bird lovers will tell you about it, though. It always sounds better when you say "Dinosaurs died millions of years ago so I can power my car with gas" than "Birds are murdered every day so I can drive my EV." But also, it's noted that some federally-protected birds in California are getting killed by wind turbines. Are the electric companies going to be held to account for killing federally-protected birds, or will they get a pass? They can do it, but you can't? EV's are not going to come without the problems that you don't see behind the curtain. Why can't they check "all the above" when it comes to energy development? Derp.
This is just all my opinion, of course. I just read today that Washington state is going to require ALL model year 2030 and beyond cars/trucks sold in Washington state be EV. Ok, lemme get my popcorn and see how this works out. 7.75 years away from that right now. They can't even keep their homeless crisis and crime in check, let alone get their electrical grids up to snuff for that changeover. Of course, they have wind powered turbines so they'll have plenty of bird meat to go around so you can pay your high electric bill. Anyway, this I got to see....
