Buy an EV, or, never buy another car?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. Are those the only two choices?

For me, until an EV has the range of a gas vehicle, and can be recharged as quickly as I can fill up a gas tank, I won't be buying one. No doubt those things will eventually come about, although given my current age (71) I may have stopped driving by then. Perhaps I will some day relocate to a city with much better public transportation, or move to an independent/assisted living place and be driven everywhere.

Meanwhile, I take several long driving trips every year, which is why I need the range and ease of refill of a gas car. There's no need to own two cars. Oh, and I cannot even begin to imagine paying $30k for a vehicle, let alone double that. So until they come down in price to that of, say, a second hand Honda, I (and a lot of other people) won't be even considering an EV.

My current car is a 2017 Honda Fit, which I purchased September, 2019. It replaced a 2004 Honda Civic I'd owned since 2007, so I do tend to keep cars a long time.