Yes there is indeed barriers to electric vehicle adoption.
83% of consumers stated battery life & charging anxiety as the main reasons to hold off buying an EV.
Tesla currently leads in range & charging infrastructures.
Electric charging stations has vastly improved and GM in the near future will invest billions, to ensure adequate stations will become available in our future.
In this CNBC produced video, we will learn about market share, future record growth & the necessity for a vast network of quick level 3- 480 volt charging.
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It'* hard to believe today, but there was a time not too long ago when there were not gas stations. With this in mind, combined with our ability today to design and build infrastructure, it is easy to imagine charging points popping up everywhere rather quickly. They will be a lot less complicated to install compared to gas stations, and there will be little or no environmental monitoring. I think the hardest part will be accommodating the plethora of charge connections.

It will be interesting to see how many charge stations will center their business around distractions that take time . . . only to have the inevitable developments in quick charging take business away from them.

"Oh yeah that'* right, we brought the new car that charges faster. Better finish this round of miniature golf before people get upset."

EV sucks. I love to burn crude. The left would have us believe EV is green. EV causes more pollution than burning gas. Look at battery and electricity production alone and it far exceeds what we do with ALL crude production.

I agree on how much pollution is created making batteries. There are so many people out there that believe if no emissions come out of the car itself then it is clean while omitting the part where the batteries, as well as many other pieces of the product, are manufactured in some of the worst polluting places in the world.

Cathedral Cub said: "It'* hard to believe today, but there was a time not too long ago when there were not gas stations." With the advent of the horseless carriage blacksmith shops and livery stables quickly evolved into gas stations and garages. Maybe convenience stores that have enough room for charging stations will add to the mix, but the question remains will the electrical grid support all of this? As things stand now we'll still have to use a lot of fossil fuels to generate the electricity needed for a fleet of EV'*, solar and wind aren't anywhere near that now and are to undependable. Unintended consequences are something that the current administration and the green movement have no conception of.

I generally agree. My primary caveat is that many of them do realize it but don't care for various reasons that would need a separate thread to discuss.

That having been said, a long time ago when the environmental movement started, many resisted it.

("resisted". And we're talking about electric cars. LOL. No pun intended.)

Anyways, part of that resistance was true. In order to reduce emissions with the technology of the time, power would have to go down. In order to increase fuel economy with the technology of the time, power would have to go down. Here'* the fun part: In my opinion, this caused (1) the power to go down and (2) many people to resist advancing to new ways of doing things such that we could develop our way beyond the then-current technologies thereby creating a slower response to the very problem they were complaining about in the first place.

When it became obvious midway through the `70s that the Japanese and the VW Beetle were gaining momentum, suddenly the big three finally started developing frantically. By the late `70s our cars lost some weight and started gaining performance back little by little. If there were no environmental movement, we'd all be driving carbureted 6,000-pound 400HP cars with 800 cubic inch engines that belch smoke everywhere, and wondering why the economy tanks every time the price of gas goes up a few cents.

Mainstream overdrive transmissions, catalytic converters that last hundreds of thousands of miles, lighter materials and designs, and efficient production systems all came from this wake-up call. Cars today are wonderful compared to the old ones.

GM'* Turbo 4-banger full size pickups with 310HP and a giant gob of torque that happily and reliably can do hard work for years.
Ford'* Ecoboosts in many applications.
Ram 5.7 and 6.4 Hemis.
FCA'* 3.5 Pentastar in everything from RWD sedans to pickups to minivans to 8,000 pound plumber vans.
GM LS motors.

. . . to say nothing about how many miles they will go before being scrapped.

None of this was more than a distant idea in 1970.

Now I see a new wake-up call in the form of electric cars and hybrids. At least this time we can keep our fuel injected 5,000-pound 400HP cars with 200-400ish cubic inch engines while it happens.

Disclaimer: I love old cars, and own a few . . . however, the newer ones are definitely an improvement for the masses worldwide.

Unless the electricity comes from a Nuclear power plant there will still be pollution created but no one wants Nuclear in their neighborhood.

Nuclear creates pollution too, just not much airborne.

Hydroelectric, solar, and wind do not. A quick search tells me these are 6.6%, 2.0%, and 7.0% of the US supply respectively. Someday, it will be mostly renewable, but that'* a long way away. The interesting thing will be seeing the race. In one lane will be the demand increases of moving much of the vehicle fleet, small equipment, large equipment, some aircraft, etc. from fossil fuels to electric. In the other lane will be the power generation sources. I wonder which will end up being faster.

I also wonder how much electricity will cost by then.

While we're here, here'* a fun one: All the Teslas in Hawaii are over 50% powered by petroleum.