The problem with electric cars are various IMO:
1. The battery technology is evolving. Today's technology will be the VHS compared to 4K movie streaming in a few years. The new technology will bring greater capacity for a given size which will either give greater range or lower cost. That will kill 2nd hand values for the current versions.
2. Ticking time bomb that is the battery. They are made up of c 10,000 cells. Only 1 has to go bad. Repair is expensive, and once faulty 1 is repaired how long before next fails. This makes 2nd hand cars a lottery. Has the battery been regularly charged to 100% or high current charged? At least with traditional engine they are known quantity and rarely fail in expensive way, and can be replaced with second hand one at local garage.
3. Charging access. Not everyone has driveway with access to charge off street. What if family has 3 or 4 cars, and all need to charge overnight. We are not going to have multiple chargers at home (7kW x 4....)
4. Time to charge when travelling. Not everyone wants a big break, or to stop and find they need to queue then charge. Also need to go when charge is finished to avoid the roth of those queuing.
I expect I'll be sticking with engines for may years to come.
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