Barry, maximum applause for your article! I became intrigued by EV's this summer when I drove on for 3 months in Norway. More than 80% of all new vehicle purchases in Norway are EVs, and the nation has passed a tipping point. What this means is...there are plenty of EV chargers everywhere, and lower fees on toll roads, bridges and ferries for owners. Plus, gas costs about $10 a gallon 0- and Norway produces more oil than it consumed (they simply don't subsidise cheap fossil fuel use).

What your worthy story missed:

a. While current EVs get 200 miles per charge, new batteries are hitting the market at 600 miles per charge - and much faster charging speeds. (You can find great articles about it right here on Medium, if you search).

b. The shortfall in gas taxes needs to be put into perspective by the reality of climate change. We are right now subsidising buying petroleum in cars, even as nations are scrambling to pay for increased disasters, crop failures, fires, and floods. That's the real tax on fossil fuels. Get an EV and avoid that tax!

c. I would love to see an article on easy replacement - what will it take to pull old engines out of cars and pop in EV batteries? It's got to be cheaper than a whole new car - why wouldn't the govt subsidizes that???