EVs

[busker]

I have owned one for years. I charge at home for the most part but it’s fine for road trips too. I would never want to go back to a gas vehicle

Strange!  I replied to this, but it seems to have got lost.

Briefly, if you can charge where you stay, EVs can work.  If you have a garage and can afford to put a high-voltage outlet in it, that solves a large part of the problem.

Apartment-dwellers, or anyone who has to depend on public charging stations, no.  Being fortunate in that, you have only to worry about the cost of insurance, repairs, and depreciation.  Those might improve with time...  As it is, all are implicated by how integrated EVs are... which we owe, in large part, to the genius of Mr. Musk.

Sorry, that's all I can remember of the reply!  I'll save a record copy of this in case it gets lost again.

I live in an apartment near the city, and we have at least two flats here with an EV. I'll probably be the third. So apartment dwelling is not proving to be a barrier. Fast public charging will probably be the way to go in the future though, because even if you live in a house, you won't have a 350kw charger.

You can get 7-22 kw charging in an apartment (2/3 phase).

Incidentally BYD is far more integrated in its EV than Tesla, who don't make their own cells (Panasonic makes them). BYD has also pioneered pack design for LFP batteries, achieving higher energy densities than the prevailing wisdom at the time.