Brilliant article which takes into account so many factors. I loathe the simple argument that EVs are the way forward. We still haven't adopted them here in Australia - or should I say EMBRACED - for two main reasons - cost (how the fuck can people afford them?) and the ability to do distance. There's certainly a marketing push to promote EV that can handle rugged country and the great outdoors, but they are largely seen as city cars. Mind you I saw a TESLA at the beach with a surfboard on it the other day.

I know that in England, where EVs are everywhere, a lot of people are swapping back because they aren't practical long distance or to charge. Many friends there gave up in disgust. And whether Tesla will have resale value at all is another story too. We spoke to guys at the port when we imported our petrol guzzling 50 yo old Landie and they said they send more Tesla back to the USA for scrap or repairs than any other car.

It's also double think isn't it - to want an EV to save the environment yet at the same time surely know that the cost of production is high in that regard.

I'm not anti EV - I just think the tech has a way to go and maybe there's better ways to do it.

Solar here is heavily subsidized. We can't afford a battery so we run most stuff during the day but still, our whole system cost us 4 k AUD. The problem we have now is the power companies aren't paying feed in tariffs like they used to (60 cents.. now you're lucky to get 4 cents) because there's too much being fed back into the grid. We even have EV customer rates which I found interesting.