“a high price tag, misconceptions about the cars”
1. High prices.
2. The misconceptions about the car are generally higher expectations that what can be delivered
3. Finally, the law of thermodynamics may figure in here for the smarter people in that you can’t get something for nothing, or even break even. This means that the same energy (more actually) used to charge the car up is the equivalent of the gasoline that would have been used.
1. It depends on your driving habits. You can pay off the initial price premium with reduced fuel and maintenance costs. Electric companies in some places offer discounted or even free nighttime charging to make it even easier.
2. Actually a lot of people don't realize that electric cars have better acceleration at city driving speeds. They are pretty fun to drive.
3. A gasoline engine is only about 20% to 30% efficient. Most of the energy is wasted as heat. Whereas an electric motor is over 90% efficient.