Environment & Energy

Something that wasn't mentioned in the article is that people are waking up to the inevitable cost of battery replacement. As everyone knows, batteries in EV's have limited lifetimes, and gradually start losing their ability to keep a charge as soon as they start being driven. When I looked into it a while back, the very cheapest you would pay for set of knockoff Chinese batteries for certain models was around $8,000, but Chinese batteries are terrible. For good batteries (Japanese, OEM) you would be looking at at least $12k to $15k. More for higher end car models.

For gas cars, you can keep your ride going strong for a long time with good, regular maintenance... oil changes and such. But with EV's, there's no slowing down that inevitable degradation of the batteries.