Because we have not a better alternatives. EV cars are nice, but you need to be able to charge them everywhere and that is still not true (leaving aside the time to recharge since it can be at night) especially in older apartment buildings or homes. Not taking into consideration the ones who would oppose the installation of charger just because. And you need to produce the electricity to charge them.
We have better alternatives for transportation and fuel.
In the big cities yes, you have a (somewhat) decent public transportation system as alternative.
In a small town any sort public transportation system would be not cost-effective and not time-effective.
When the time you spend to commute daily using a public transportation system is longer than the one with the car, the car is the obvious choice with all its problems.
But even leaving aside the commute to work problem, solvable working from home, a small town has not all the services (like higher grade schools, hospitals, malls, specifics shops) you need and while sometimes you can use a train or a bus, most of the time using a car is way faster.
I think hybrid cars are an overlooked bridge here - can take advantage of electric infrastructure (and motivate its expansion) but also still rely on existing infrastructure during the transition.
I always find the EV argument bizzare, that it’s either you can’t charge them in public or you can’t charge them at home. Even if you cannot charge it at home, it still is possible literally everywhere else. Plus you can plug it in into literally any wall outlet, even in the Americas where they only have 120 volts. The argument is mute, because literally every place ever has electricity. You don’t need your own power plant to charge your EV. A wall outlet you charge your phone from is sufficient. Plus, where I from, every bigger supermarket has at least two charging stations. It is possible to charge a vehicle from any wall outlet, be that public or private. Just like with a phone. Why not with cars? Add to that, most trips are less than 50 kilometers anyway, so there is also no range argument. Why stick to obsolete technologies if there’s a better alternative, a sovereign alternative.
Because we have not a better alternatives. EV cars are nice, but you need to be able to charge them everywhere and that is still not true (leaving aside the time to recharge since it can be at night) especially in older apartment buildings or homes. Not taking into consideration the ones who would oppose the installation of charger just because. And you need to produce the electricity to charge them.
In the big cities yes, you have a (somewhat) decent public transportation system as alternative.
In a small town any sort public transportation system would be not cost-effective and not time-effective.
When the time you spend to commute daily using a public transportation system is longer than the one with the car, the car is the obvious choice with all its problems.
But even leaving aside the commute to work problem, solvable working from home, a small town has not all the services (like higher grade schools, hospitals, malls, specifics shops) you need and while sometimes you can use a train or a bus, most of the time using a car is way faster.
I think hybrid cars are an overlooked bridge here - can take advantage of electric infrastructure (and motivate its expansion) but also still rely on existing infrastructure during the transition.
I always find the EV argument bizzare, that it’s either you can’t charge them in public or you can’t charge them at home. Even if you cannot charge it at home, it still is possible literally everywhere else. Plus you can plug it in into literally any wall outlet, even in the Americas where they only have 120 volts. The argument is mute, because literally every place ever has electricity. You don’t need your own power plant to charge your EV. A wall outlet you charge your phone from is sufficient. Plus, where I from, every bigger supermarket has at least two charging stations. It is possible to charge a vehicle from any wall outlet, be that public or private. Just like with a phone. Why not with cars? Add to that, most trips are less than 50 kilometers anyway, so there is also no range argument. Why stick to obsolete technologies if there’s a better alternative, a sovereign alternative.