> and if I run out of gas I can take a gas can to the car and problem solved.
Fair. IMO there should at least be an emergency slot for a short-range battery to get you a few miles.
> I don’t want a vehicle that gradually looses half of its range over time, then has to have over $10k invested (sometimes quite a bit more) in a new battery every 100-150k miles. It’s like buying a gasoline car where the engine not only wears out and performance greatly degrades, but is virtually guaranteed it will always need a complete engine replacement.
Sure, but also the engine doesn't need (so much) servicing in the meantime. You can pick your poison — and yours preference is of course valid, and I suspect the norm — but there's no perfect answer.
> When’s the last time you have seen a gasoline car spontaneously combust just sitting in a garage? Despite having a lot of flammable liquid it just doesn’t happen.
Fair. IMO there should at least be an emergency slot for a short-range battery to get you a few miles.
> I don’t want a vehicle that gradually looses half of its range over time, then has to have over $10k invested (sometimes quite a bit more) in a new battery every 100-150k miles. It’s like buying a gasoline car where the engine not only wears out and performance greatly degrades, but is virtually guaranteed it will always need a complete engine replacement.
Sure, but also the engine doesn't need (so much) servicing in the meantime. You can pick your poison — and yours preference is of course valid, and I suspect the norm — but there's no perfect answer.
> When’s the last time you have seen a gasoline car spontaneously combust just sitting in a garage? Despite having a lot of flammable liquid it just doesn’t happen.
Apparently it does: https://electrek.co/2022/01/12/government-data-shows-gasolin...
> Then there’s Elon Musk. He’s reason alone for me to delay any EV purchase (not just Tesla) for as long as possible.
This is a bit of a surprise. "Musk -> no Tesla" I can understand, but why take his shenanigans to also exclude all the other car companies?