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That’s where I am, too. We’ve been hearing that fully practical electrification of transportation is Just Around The Corner! since the '90’s. I’m still waiting for it to actually happen.

But I’m ready. Bring it on already.

On the bright side, with several almost completely practical BEV’s on the market already we’re much closer than we’ve ever been.

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Thing is, if you’re willing to go down to a Geo Metro type of car, BEVs would have been easily viable quite some time ago. Safety demands (for the passengers, not pedestrians) have made it impossible to remake anything like the Geo Metro, and general market trends have pushed cars even bigger and heavier. Meanwhile, we’ve increased pedestrian deaths with all these huge cars.

One of the biggest problems in the BEV market right now isn’t the technology, but that manufacturers focused on gigantic luxury SUVs and trucks first.

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