Comment Re:reclaim their original battery? (Score 1) 377
Probably because they've become fed up with eco-nutters who insist they should buy a craptastic EV, perhaps not the Tesla Model S but most that have come before because it's the "right thing" to do even if it's a crappy deal. Not too unlike listening to RMS saying you should use open source no matter if it does what you need or not because it's the "right thing" to do. The statistics say second time hybrid buyers are rare, I don't know the stats for EV buyers but not many are on their second car yet. Does it live up to the hype? Does the technology really get all that much better if we get people to use it, or is the very idea fundamentally poor? Modern combustion engines are pretty good at what they do, it's not obvious that EVs will be better for any other reason than that we might run out of oil.
Too many people take Mahatma Gandhi's "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win." like some magic formula for everything. No, many times you stay ignored. No, many times you remain a laughing stock. No, many times you fight and you lose. What about simple things that even if things have been a mess the whole week and I've forgotten to tank/charge but I'm finally ready to go on my cabin weekend trip then my gas car just need a pit stop while my EV is an expensive paperweight while I wait for it to charge at home or I have to drive it to some quick-charger to hang around there. I've managed to make my cell phone black out even though I've had power nearby all the time, but I'm always going to keep a charge on my car? Ideally shit won't happen, practically I'm sure it will.