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I think that's been the conventional wisdom (and I subscribed to it for a while too), but I think it's partially wrong. It assumes a one-size-has-to-fit-all solution.Ah, but the point is that a HUGE portion of the population is completely dismissing BEV's BECAUSE the charging infrastructure is so limited relative to gas stations. Just today at lunch I was talking with a friend of mine and he mentioned that his neighbor didn't even want to look at a BEV "because where would I charge it?". She has a long commute which is begging for a BEV, but she had no interest whatsoever - which is a shame.
Unfortunately, if Ford and the other manufacturers want to get in the game they are going to have to educate people and offer some kind of all-around solution. That doesn't necessarily mean dumping as much cash as Tesla has into charging stations, but they need to do more than they have announced already
I agree that for the household that only has one vehicle, it's still a problem. Or that doesn't have secure/dedicated overnight charging. Or that needs this vehicle to do long-distance driving. For people in those boats, BEVs are just a poor fit. Even if there were more retail charging stations.
And that may be 70% of the public. But that still leaves 30% of the public that DO have more than one vehicle in the house. And that own a house with a garage. For those people, a BEV as one of their multiple vehicles is a great fit. People will come to realize that. And that's still a huge market. Something like 50 million+ vehicles in the US.
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