Interesting read, and distressing. Anecdotally, my parents always like to talk to me about my EV I drive while they continue to drive SUVs. The curiosity and novelty is there, and when pressed their typical narrative is that their next car won't be electric, but perhaps the one after that will. I tried to press why that's the case-- range anxiety? cost? any of the other usual suspects? Well when digging in, I finally got the answer that it was almost stubbornness for the sake of stubbornness-- "I just like my SUV and don't want to change it." While that was almost comforting to have it said out loud in a way I couldn't logic around, I think there are likely many other drivers in the same vein who can't really articulate a reason for preferring their current gas guzzlers over equivalently sized and priced EVs, but will continue to be purchasers of ICE vehicles for at least the next decade plus. I think the only really path around this is to continue what we're doing but ramped up-- more education and normalization of EVs, building more prominent, available, and visible charging infrastructure to remove range anxiety, and providing financial incentives on the purchase price to make the decision to go electric even more of a slam dunk. 

These are very real FACTS. I see lots of large SUVs and PICKUP truck all driving with just 1 person inside and no cargo. A big reason people buy these vehicles is because of the Subsidies OIL so gas is $2  a gallon when it is really $8-12 a gallon. Just look in Europe and other countries where they don't subsidies oil. We also don't have a Pollution (Carbon tax) so they never pay the real cost.

   The automakers market the big vehicles as safe and efficient when they are not. They give big MSRP mark downs on $10K a vehicle. Accidents are much worse since big SUVs are top heavy and tip over very easy. But they will never tell you the FACTS. 

   EVen electrics are getting bigger like the Mercedes and Jaguar versions. VW won't even sell their smaller ID 3 in the USA . They only sell the larger ID4. Smaller cars like the Accord and Corolla are much bigger. They are no longer small and efficient. 

I'm in this boat now... I really wanted to get an all electric vehicle this time around, but I am worried about installing a plug in (my garage needs updating, which is expensive), the range since we use my vehicle for trips that are longer than most ranges, and the price. I am settling for a Honda CRV Hybrid. Though I am tempted to look at the electric Jeep.