Very much similar to my own experience. The blackout is the funniest, because gas stations don't work in a blackout, while solar panels do (assuming you disconnect them from the grid).

I would add one:

• But I couldn't drive 1.000km without stopping (how often do you do that? It doesn't seem safe anyway....)

2. Blackout

Eh? What if there's a gas supply issue? Can't fuel up. I've experienced this after a natural disaster disrupted gas deliveries. Lines for blocks. Days to wait.

Another point to add for 9, all the EV parts can be recycled. The metal body is recycled in to new cars and battery components are also recycled in to new batteries.

Relevant technology connections video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM

With point 2 you can now use a real life case. Last year the Iberian peninsula had a blackout that lasted more than a day. The combustion engine cars could not pump petrol because guess what: pumps need electricity.

3.What if all the public plugs are occupied when you want to charge and you find yourself without battery to go to "ork tomorrow?

It sounds crazy, but I'd sit and wait the five minutes, much like I've done for pumps on occasion.

2: I wonder what those people think a gas pump runs on?

If there is no electricity, then those won't pump either.

My argument: When I can get a decent used EV for $5k, I'll do it. Until then, I'll just get a decent used ICE car for $5K.

The best argument against the blackout bit: Ukraine

Every single used budget EV was bought up by Ukrainians when the war started. Nissan Leafs, older Hyundai Ioniqs, Renault Zoes

Gas stations were bombed and the whole logistic chain for delivering gasoline and diesel was disrupted or prioritised for the military

But everyone had power at least for a part of the day, so they could charge EVs.

My reason: the hybrid I have is still working fine and a new car and a new car won't be in my budget for the next 10 years or so. Also iirc about 33% of the energy a typical car will ever use is spend on its production, so it's better for the environment to use a car until it breaks down.

If it helps, my EV technically has a manual transmission. 100% of gear shifts are manual (it only has a single reduction gear).

I wonder how many of those would not apply to hybrid cars.

Also, for 8: Making car go by burning fuel in a big optimised plant is likely more efficient than doing it in an engine that has to fit inside the car.

For a lot of people it’s number 7 and I mean, that’s sad

1 is real though, and it can be a pain

There’s also the case where some areas are isolated and there’s no charger nearby and that can be a pain, and yea, that’s not a good spot to be in

Finally, if you can’t charge at home, you’re not really going to save on electricity price compared to fuel, so that’s not the best purchase, and it might be a pain to charge frequently outside if you have an cheap car that charges slowly

I feel like some of those points are slightly more valid in rural areas (especially in the US, where a power pole being knocked over means that the power is out for hours) where the people making those points are more likely to have grown up. Then again if you are not in a rural point of the united states you are less likely to need a car.

What if everyone woke up at about the same time and plugged in their toasters to make breakfast? ARMAGEDDON.

ICE cars grow in fields, that's just science.

The EV battery will wear out and cost eleventy million dollars to replace, and we have to throw all the old batteries in rivers.

EVs catch fire! no way gasoline could catch fire!

and finally, what happens if you give up on life and want to end it all? Can't die in a sealed garage with an EV running!

Here’s a financial argument. The initial purchase price is too high for me, and the depreciation of electric vehicles is also very high. Overall cost of ownership per distance driven is lower if I drive a small gasoline-powered car.

I really don’t want it to be that way, but that’s the reality I have to deal with. Cheaper EVs are coming, but they still aren’t in my price range.

Update: Yes they are. Needed to update my data. Used EVs aren’t expensive trash any more. Some of them are actually quite reasonable.