We're at a similar point with electric cars. Objectively they make a lot of sense for most people and would probably be the 'best' car in most scenarios - certainly superior to petrol. However we're only at the beginning and it requires a cultural shift for people to accept them. Range anxiety is a concern but you can't refuel your petrol car at home and many homes would have capacity for charging.
Most people don't do 200+ miles in one go regularly. Some do - but most journeys (in the UK at least) are fewer than 30 miles. Even when we go out on weekend adventures we don't tend to go more than 150 miles. When I commuted, it was seven miles each way. The furthest I've ever had to commute was 25 miles each way. I'm lucky - but an electric car would have managed that easily.
We're waiting for our current cars to become unroadworthy before we consider switching but we're seriously considering an electric car for our next vehicle. It would certainly do 95% of the travel we do without an issue and for the other 5% we could keep one of our diesel cars around.
Most people don't do 200+ miles in one go regularly. Some do - but most journeys (in the UK at least) are fewer than 30 miles. Even when we go out on weekend adventures we don't tend to go more than 150 miles. When I commuted, it was seven miles each way. The furthest I've ever had to commute was 25 miles each way. I'm lucky - but an electric car would have managed that easily.
We're waiting for our current cars to become unroadworthy before we consider switching but we're seriously considering an electric car for our next vehicle. It would certainly do 95% of the travel we do without an issue and for the other 5% we could keep one of our diesel cars around.