A recent survey shows not all Canadians are ready to make the switch to an electric vehicle as they have concerns about charging stations, cold weather and battery life.
A recent survey shows not all Canadians are ready to make the switch to an electric vehicle as they have concerns about charging stations, cold weather and battery life.
I definitely agree that I am an outlier, but due to the size of Canada and how many remote towns there are (especially in western Canada, which Ontario and Quebec pretend don’t exist), there are an unfortunately high number of outliers.
Honestly, more than getting everyone on full electric cars that don’t have the range needed to compete convenience-wise, Canada needs to invest in better long distance transit options, be it better (preferably electrified) bus systems, or expanding on our train systems (and stop price gouging the very few passenger trains we have).
I absolutely understand, I’m in a fringe situation myself. I think when we focus too much on the wild cases like yours, we end up skipping over the minor issues that would solve the problem for most of the people who answered “not considering an EV”. We need to make them more affordable to the people who can least afford it (rebates for used cars?), and we need to make it possible for people who rent to reliably charge overnight and/or at work.
Edit: I forgot your solutions about transportation, those are great as well and might add people to the “not considering any next vehicle” category. There will still be people like us though that public transport can’t work for, especially as you said out west where things are a bit spread out outside the big cities.
BC actually has a tax exemption on used EV sales already, it hasn’t helped.
Honestly though, put in a passenger train through all the small towns that goes 100km/h (or more) that runs 3-4x a day and I would go back to only owning a bike I swear (though not really, winters up here suck).
Regardless, a solid, affordable train service would remove my need for a hybrid over a full EV completely.