GRA said:Initial prices are higher for PEVs (unless you qualify for lots of subsidies), batteries won't last the life of the car which eliminates much if not all of the advantage of less money spent on routine maintenance, and as I've shown, fuel/electricity price advantage is highly dependent on both housing/work situation as well as location. Which brings us back to practicality/convenience of public charging, and that's got to improve immensely before PEVs can grow at the rates needed so we can avoid the worst effects of climate change.
Initial prices are higher now, but a BEV can be built with less labor and materials cost than an ICE.
Batteries would not last the life of the car in 2012. Probably will today.
Public charging is changing.