When I was in undergrad, I had a technology professor who had a saying: "Pioneers get scalped."
I prefer to wait till after they get all the bugs out.
I agree. I don't buy new, and right now there are no production EVs that appeal to me at all, so even if in the next 8 years they become relatively mainstream, there's still another 8 or so before any of them would be in the age range I'd be likely to buy. In 16 years I'll be 88, if I make it there. Not gonna buy a new car at that age for sure.
We'll have to see how battery technology develops...if an 8 year old car is gonna need a $10k battery in a couple years, that's a deal killer.
I'm not interested in a sedan, nor a big honkin' truck like the Lightning...something more on the line of a Ranger/Colorado or a mid-size SUV. No one's making EVs of those at this time.
And frankly, they're going to have to make EVs a lot more driver-friendly to attract me. The whole everything is controlled via touchscreen is a total turnoff, in fact the huge screens that most EVs have are ugly and look like an afterthought, rather than something integrated.
A huge incentive that spurred sakes was single occupant use of carpool lane.
The EV push is multifaceted... tax credits, free charging, carpool and reduced tolls, tax credits, bragging rights and even home grown in the case of Tesla and Bay Area buyers.
Carpool lane not relevant out here in the sticks.
How much longer are those incentives going to be around should EVs become mainstream? Probably not long. "Bragging rights"? Meh, I buy a vehicle for utility, not to impress others.
Given how clean-running modern vehicles are now, I just don't see that EVs are going to make much if any difference environmentally.
