Finally, TV ads for Chevy Silverado EV

[freebeard]

I blame Godzilla.

[JSH]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

One EV in a US household that drives a 12,000 miles per year (which EVs average fewer miles than ICE) consumes about 4,000 kWh of electricity, or perhaps 1/3rd of the overall household consumption.

DOE agrees. They estimate a light duty EV will consume 3,800 kWh per year

Originally Posted by redpoint5

Japanese commuters would be traveling far fewer miles, and thus the need to quickly recharge is diminished.

Japanese don't commute by car. I used to work for a Japanese transmission supplier and visited the Osaka headquarters often. That factory with about 1,000 employees had 20 parking spaces. One of the benefits of excellent public transit.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Piotrsko

Define affordable.

A no-nonsense runabout, with a convenient size for heavy inner-city traffic, while still capable of addressing most of the needs of a typical household.

To some people AWD Lamborghini or purple painted cybertrucks are affordable. To some, whatever the monthly repayment schedule buys, others it is a 15 year old junker from a friend.

To some categories such as trucks and SUVs, that $5000 fine for missing the CAFE standards is easier to assimilate into the retail price than for a compact car. And even in other countries where such regulation doesn't apply, many folks perceive SUVs to have a higher "added value" than a station-wagon or a sedan, even if they're based on the same underpinnings.

I'm guessing your version of affordable is much different from mine.

Mexicans may agree with me when I talk about affordable cars

[aerohead]

Citroen is presently offering new, entry-level BEVs for $7,000 ( US ).

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by aerohead

Citroen is presently offering new, entry-level BEVs for $7,000 ( US ).

That's a 2-seater electric, too restricted when it comes to top speed, so it's not suitable to address the versatility requirement for a car which might often be the only one at a household from my perspective as a conservative Latino who grew up surrounded by smaller cars in a country where the car market matured more influenced by the Volkswagen Beetle than by the American landyachts of the postwar.