Every thread about EVs is just like the ~discourse~ about LED traffic lights. [1]
"We must stop making pure ICE cars"
"But pure EVs aren't ready"
"But we must stop making pure ICE cars!"
"But pure EVs aren't ready!"
Back and forth for _literally 20 years_ in which this little-known Japanese company, Toyota, has been producing an insanely popular line of hybrid sedans called "Prius". [2] I live in a small town and I can't really drive anywhere without seeing at least one Prius. They are everywhere. The used ones are not super-expensive, either, especially compared to a pure EV that needs a bigger battery.
Hybrids have been viable for _twenty years_ and people are still debating ICE vs. EV.
Plug-in hybrids are now becoming more common, and even big pickup trucks are talking about mild hybridization. And a Prius can go 500 or 600 miles on a tank and then just refuel. A pure EV means no spontaneous road trips. Not a problem with any hybrid.
Pure ICE should be out of the picture for 50% of drivers, but we are still using pure EVs as a weak man [3] to pretend that ICE cars are still viable in the post-Prius-plugin era.
It makes me a little mad.
[1] Technology Connections made a video on this ~discourse~ and how dumb it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiYO1TObNz8
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prius
[3] https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/05/12/weak-men-are-superweap... Like the Nissan Leaf. Short range, cheap, bad in winter. No excuse to not talk about Priuses.