eli5 Why are electric vehicles becoming standard when they have low range?

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I’m asking this without bias. Just genuine curiosity. Cause I don’t understand (hence eli5 lol). Why are they being pushed right now when it’s known that almost all EVs have ranges that are quite low? Compared to the amount of miles one may get with a full tank of gas that is.

Surely they would focus more on increasing the amount of range per charge to match what you can get in terms of gas in a newer gas powered car (closer to 500). Instead of setting laws in place to phase gas out before electric is even fully developed.

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Because they’re less noisy, they don’t emit exhaust (so it’s perfectly safe to run it inside a closed garage, for example), maintenance often costs less (no radiator/engine cooling system, no transmission, no engine oil changes, etc)

I do agree that they’re not right for everyone right now (or maybe ever), but still.

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