Comment Re:Country dependant (Score 1) 319
Stat can's data is rather a mess. Especially since they use what's a combination of "rural-urban" for instance.
In the U.S., we say suburban. But that has nothing to do with the numbers we were looking at, right? Sounds more like you're saying that the stats are hard for you to understand, not that they are inaccurate.
You're also forgetting about the realities of cost.
You might almost have a fair point there -- at least something to discuss-- if it wasn't a bullshit attempt to move the goalposts. Obviously, you know very well that what you said, and what I responded to, was:
Distances are too large... people being on the road 5-6hrs for a commute is common all across north america.
And we've clearly put that bit to bed, haven't we?
However, I would very much like to see the new cars selling for $7,250-$9,250. That would be 1/4 of the $29-32K MSRP of the Leaf, Hyundai Ioniq, Kia Soul EV, eGolf, Fiat 500e, Focus Electric... maybe a couple others in that range, or on the slightly higher end, the Bolt's $37K. I don't know any cars that sell for those prices new in North America, but maybe I'm not looking hard enough? Also, we'll overlook the fact that I am rather generously using just price. Cost (in the U.S. specifically) can be around $10K lower depending on your state of residence due to tax incentives (up to $7500 federal, various state rebates and credits). And let's not even get started on operating costs. Gas is relatively expensive compared to electricity. But since we weren't even talking about cost to begin with and we've already dealt with your 4X cost claim just on price (unless you're ready to show me the new cars in the $8K range), running the numbers seems a bit much.