One of the biggest problems you folks in the USA and Canada are having with EV technology believe it or not, is the availability of new batteries for vehicles that require battery replacement.
New batteries are available for NEW cars fresh off the assembly line, but new batteries are not available for cars that have a time-expired battery life, or for EV cars that have a faulty battery that requires replacement while under warranty.
The most bazaar thing is, those new EV cars requiring battery replacement are being PARKED indefinitely until batteries become available. The owners of those cars are then renting gas-powered cars until their EV is fixed at the auto shop. EV's therefore are good until something happens to the battery, at which point the car must sit and wait for the battery supply issue to be resolved before it can be put back into service.
@SandWitch And id out of warranty the sheer cost of the replacement batteries is very expensive.
I posted earlier here I have a sixteen-panel solar bank here on my farm that feeds half of what I produce electric wise back onto the grid. I could not afford the 5 to 6 batteries the solar company would have sold to me at $7,500 a piece though and they would only last five to seven years needing to be replaced again. No way I can afford that.
My other issues being a timber and livestock farm those EV powered trucks cannot compare to gas powered in hauling and work use presently. Let alone their costs to buy.
