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Originally Posted by jray3
Darcane, if you think that an EV cannot replace someone's primary transportation, you must not have thought about it very hard. I live in a rural area, commute 34 miles, and have driven a 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV over 66000 miles so far, with the only consumables being a set of tires and cabin air filters. Meanwhile, the family minivan is down to about 6k miles per year of '2nd car' errands and long trips. Once you get to plug in every night, gas seems so... unrealistic.
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Interesting, I live just north of you...
From my point of view, your i-MiEV *IS* the secondary vehicle. Yes, you commute in it daily and put more miles on it. But, if you had to limit your family to just one vehicle, which would it be? My guess is that the restrictions on use are too great for an electric to fill that role, and it would likely be the minivan.
A few rare people could live with an electric as their sole vehicle, but the vast majority of car buyers could not manage that. Until that hurdle is overcome, electrics will not kill off gas.