Well, first of all, you should definitely consider biking some places rather than taking a car, EV or not. Even e-bikes are more energy efficient than most othe

Well, first of all, you should definitely consider biking some places rather than taking a car, EV or not. Even e-bikes are more energy efficient than most other modes of transport. There's also nothing that could really convince you if you want your cars to be noisy because there's no need for EVs to be noisy. I guess the only way to check that one off the list would be environmental regulations controlling noise pollution which would ding most ICE vehicles (and having lived and worked near busy roads I'm surprised those aren't already much stricter). But I'd still like to address some of your worries: > battery density isn't good enough I guess you mean "range isn't good enough" as battery density isn't really a meaningful stat by itself. I agree, there are few models available that have a good range comparable to an ICE. However with "super charging" you often don't spend more than 10 or 20 minutes at a charging station and these stops can often work nicely as toilet breaks or food breaks when making longer trips. But the real answer is that for longer trips you just need to plan your trips differently. With home charging you also ideally don't need to use public charging for most day-to-day trips. EVs certainly excel more at shorter ranges and frequent trips than occasional long range travel. > replacement batteries This really depends on the make and model. Some brands offer batteries for lease which means your battery will be swapped out before it reaches its end of life. If you buy the battery you might save money in the long run but will have to take care of replacing it yourself. Some Chinese manufacturers are fielding technology that allows swapping out batteries instead of charging them so that may also become a thing in the US and EU in the future. > range issues in extreme weather This one is true to some extent but varies by model. There was a lot of FUD about this earlier this year because it makes for good (i.e. high engagement) news stories but the short of it is that EVs behave differently than ICE cars and you need to take this into account. Cars generally don't handle extreme cold well and running your heating/aircon on max will drain your battery/fuel in either case. > I've seen the software on some of these cars Not much I can say to that as you're not giving me much to respond to. Yeah, some early models (e.g. Fisker Ocean) are notorious for software issues but these are usually mostly annoyances, nothing safety relevant. > Some vehicles with the one pedal driving have an issue where can can be slowing down, yet not hitting the brake pedal, yet no break lights are engaged. This is a common misunderstanding of how EV braking works: most EVs have a form of regenerative braking that recovers the energy from deceleration by releasing the gas pedal. If the brake lights came on every time you took the foot off the pedal, that would confuse everyone involved, so usually the brake lights will engage only on a delay or when actively braking using the brake pedal. Think of it like switching gears in a stick shift to "engine brake" - that wouldn't trigger the brake lights to come on either. Usually regenerative braking can't do a full stop so it will cut out at a certain minimum speed and require manual braking to stop the car. This has in some cases led to confusion because the stop in deceleration will be misinterpreted as the car accelerating again, especially when regenerative braking happens while manually braking using the brake pedal. It's 100% a matter of what you're used to. > gas isn't safe but I fear those EV batteries That's absolutely correct. EV batteries, once burning, will keep burning and will need to be submerged and kept submerged to ensure they don't catch fire again. I guess the positive is that they can't leak. A fuel leak might result in combustible fumes spilling into the interior whereas a battery will only catch fire exactly where it is. But realistically I'd rather hope we can move away from lithium in the future. > electricity isn't cheap I think that's the crux of it. EVs work best in urban or suburban environments with private charging infrastructure and cheap energy sources like rooftop solar. Gas is also notoriously cheap in the US compared to most EU countries where EVs can be significantly cheaper. But the killer app really is at home "slow" (i.e. over night) charging.