I wholeheartedly believe in the reliability of a simple EV VS a gasoline powered vehicle.
That said, I am starting to ponder long term repairability. As I see it in the long term, my 2006 Tacoma should be repairable for the rest of eternity, but once the battery pack on my Slate goes dead, is...
I think we are losing the initial sales momentum. Initial excitement was high, we were all thrilled at the new concept, but as time goes by, nothing really new is happening, and the thrill is waning.
I think I'm this way because I grew up in Hawaii, and as a kid, I spoke terrible pidgeon English. As I got older, I started feeling like an uneducated lazy Hawaiian, and I started rejecting my heritage, including walking barefoot and eating raw pork.