re: #143 GunstarGreen

re: #138 engineer cat

re: #140 Targetpractice

re: #141 b_sharp

Don’t misunderstand me. Hybrids, plug-in hybrids and EVs are the way of the future, we’re just not quite there yet.

I live in an apartment complex just outside the perimeter of a major US city. I have the means to afford a plug-in hybrid like the Volt or even a pure EV like the Leaf, and would love to have one. But reality just doesn’t support it. My complex has a bog-standard parking lot, like all the other complexes in this area (this is a reasonably well-off area at that), and unless you are renting one of the super-luxe family-size apartments, you don’t have a garage unit, which means you don’t have access to an outlet. The gas station just down the road (again, right outside a major US city) does not have any charging facilities, nor do any of the multitude of stores and locations around (this is right next to a large mall complex).

I would literally have nowhere to plug-in a Volt or a Leaf, so I drive a Prius. That it is also cheaper is just a bonus.

And that’s what I’m saying, it’s a future item right now, even if not near-future. Still a lot of renovation required to provide the necessary infrastructure, stuff that will require rejiggering of things like rental agreements.