Why electric cars will never be a big thing:

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

15. Uh, oh.

While I don't often experience those temps, as I live in Santa Fe, New Mexico which really doesn't get that cold and gets little snow which invariably melts within a few hours, I have lived in plenty of places that get that cold, so I'd take that into consideration.

Maybe most people only ever drive to and from work and never do a serious road trip. I make such trips several times a year: to Colorado Springs, to Tucson, to Kansas City, to Denver, and so I'd either need two cars, which is dumb for someone who lives alone in my opinion, or I'd have to give up those trips, which would never happen, or I'll stick to my conventional car.

It may well be that I'll get a hybrid at some point down the road. I actually test drove one several years back when in the market for a replacement car. I don't recall why I didn't buy it, and don't want to try to guess what my thinking was at the time. I do recall being a bit thrown by how quiet it was. I'm used to a reasonable amount of engine noise, and so the silence was disconcerting.