While this is a positive step towards solving the range anxiety problem, without a cohesive plan we’re just stumbling from one problem to another.
More electric vehicles means more demand for electricity but few people want to extend the operating life of existing coal powerplants, have new plants or wind farms built next door, have new transmission lines built over their property, make the investment in urban charging facilities or pay higher electric rates to meet the additional demand. Then there’s the cost of road maintenance that today is largely funded by gas taxes so if we substantially decrease the proportion of gas vehicles, who’s going to pick up the slack?
So until we reach a national consensus on these issues I think that electric vehicles will remain a niche product.