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The motors have never been the problem, it's always been the battery. See train engines, they are a diesel generator with electric motors.
This is where history pisses me off. We should have been headlong into battery research after the oil embargoes. Could have been 40 years faster.
The price. The price is the problem for all us poors.
Purchase price, higher maintenance costs (EVs eat tires due to the increased weight and higher torque), installation of charging infrastructure (some us need expense electrical service upgrades and added wiring; we don’t all have 200 amp panels and garages with 30 amp 240v service already wired in)
I’d love an EV, but I won’t be afforded Int one for a bit. And used ones, even if cheaper, will have massive battery degradation cutting range way down.
If you read comments on Instagram and the like, people hate electric cars because...
...they don't do the vroom-vroom noise.
But remember, electric motors also require next to no maintenance and can last for many years of runtime. Pros and cons.
I would absolutely love to have an EV. But they are very expensive, especially compared to the gas-powered car I already own.
Well everything's more expensive than the thing you already own. It's true, most are available in the higher end markets right now, but the Bolt and Leaf are pretty cheap. In the long run, almost all EVs are cheaper than their gas counterparts.
Maybe in your country. Chinese electric cars are plenty cheap, many of them are cheaper than most ICE cars
Actually, piston engines are really bad a torque. It's why they need a flywheel or a large amount of pistons.