Because everyone wants a high performance truck or SUV for half the price of a Honda Civic, oh and make it electric, and they should be paying ME to drive it!
A brief glance at history of oil prices say your prediction is faulty. Prices at the pumps have already gone up, so has prices for everything related to oil. And it isn't the first time. https://electrek.co/2025/02/14/big-...-it-bought-is-raising-its-costs-with-tariffs/
They shouldn’t but at least where I live, RAN has the highest rates. Driving down I-5 in California, RAN is more expensive than EA or Tesla and that’s before any membership discounts. There aren’t enough RAN stations for a subscription to work so I don’t see why anyone would ever charge there again.
Reliability, availability, ease of access... You know, market-based reasons.
But they’re less or no more reliable than Superchargers, less available, in worse spots than EA, and more expensive. None of your reasons make sense. At least on my road trips on the West Coast, the legacy networks are everywhere and now cost less than RAN.
They are also usually installed with shared power cabinets, so if all stations are used you will never peak 200kwh.
For me, ICE appeals much more to me on road trips due to the overall convenience and time saved. Much more so than cost reasons.
the L2 Rivian chargers in Montrose Co are still at 0.18/kwh. So take a long coffee break at Looney beans or shop Natural Grocers / Target near by. At 36cents Rivian may not have covered DMEA's demand change or margin may have been minimal. Yes we want Rivian to survive!
Plus it's more comfortable, more enjoyable overall to drive, and I feel better knowing I'm not continuing to pollute for the sake of my extended trip.
