Lots of people use specific types of vehicles for specific types of work.

There's no one vehicle that will work for everyone.

I'm not the guy you were conversing with but in my line of work I need to haul lots of items often, and sometimes for long distances. That means I need cargo space, so either an SUV or a Truck.

I need to deliver those items or transfer those items across long distances, If I need to stop and recharge an electric vehicle 2-3 times that means my one day trip all of a sudden turns into an overnight stay in a hotel. I can't get my work done if all of a sudden a one day job turns into a two day job.

I can't afford to buy a new car. Public transportation in the US basically doesn't exist, and riding a bike is a death sentence here. Buy me an EV and I'll gladly drive it though :)

Edit: Also, I'd have nowhere to plug in the vehicle charger since I don't have a garage where I live :/

What is generating the power for that EV. What about the materials mined to make that EV? What happens to the battery once it can no longer hold a sufficient charge?

EVs are not green until the at the very least the energy being produced to power them is green. Which in almost all cases it is not. IMO it's much more productive to focus on transforming our energy grid to renewables than to worry about SUVs.

From MIT:

The researchers found that, on average, gasoline cars emit more than 350 grams of CO2 per mile driven over their lifetimes. The hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions, meanwhile, scored at around 260 grams per mile of carbon dioxide, while the fully battery-electric vehicle created just 200 grams.

Also this says "on average gasoline cars" now I'd have to look at the data to be sure but an "average" gas powered car is generally going to be a lot bigger (SUVs, pickup trucks) and less fuel efficient than the smaller cars that most EVs are.

So we're comparing larger vehicles most likely, to smaller ones, and still EVs producer greater than 50% of the CO2 emissions that ICE cars do.

This blame the consumer game is old. It's been the same playbook for decades. Shift the responsibility to the consumer instead of regulating corporations.

We need to stop falling for the bait and switch and instead of demanding that people stop buying fuel inefficient vehicles, maybe we should just regulate them out? (And in many ways the world already is with the MPG and other requirements for new vehicles.)

Oh, I would love an EV.

Don't get me wrong. But, for a EV with the room I need for the activities we perform, it's extremely cost prohibitive.

Just now, the wife hauled two dog kennels with dogs. German Shepards. Those aren't going to fit in a car... unless wagons make a comeback.

Also, Lithium batteries (process of obtaining Lithium) is pretty bad for the environment, and generally involves slave labor. As well, size, capacity, and cycle durability aren't the best.

Lots of alternatives and prototypes are being worked on, and when that problem is solved by replacing Lithium with a cheap, affordable, durable replacement with enough energy density- EVs will be everywhere.

As is though, replacing the 30,000$ battery pack every decade or so is no Bueno.

Until then though, our daily driver is a small car. Suv is used to haul stuff and kids.