E-Rev is superior to BEV and always will be because the batteries WILL fail given enough time. Drivers will prefer a backup source of power until there are electric power conductors in the roadbed to charge the battery while driving long distances.

Eco: I have been an advocate for rail for a long, long, long time. (stay with me, there’s a good point to this). Have you ever doodled a drawing on a piece of paper with a flat-car carrying five or six cars at a time? A cross-country car ferry to take you and five other cars a few hundred miles, then you get to the stop, and drive off?One BEV is not great for a cross-country trip – perhaps – unless I can join up with four others for a few hours.How many EREVS would it take to power such a car, for 3 hours, at 150 miles per hour?Remember folks, this is Detroit. These cars are going to get faster over time…when I no longer HAVE to worry about fuel cost, I WANT to drive 100 miles an hour. But that’s not safe, yet.  (Quote)

Do you sit in your car on the flatbed like occasionally people do on a ferry, or do you get up and walk around?

As a chemical engineer familiar with the Law of Conservation of Energy, and chemical reactions I cannot see how electrochemistry can supplant gasoline because of the above fact.

BUT, if BEV range can be extended to say 250 miles, and recharging times reduced to the time it now takes to fill up ones car, then this could be a winning solution.

OR, if batteries were designed for fast replacement with a new one within the time it takes to fill up todays car with gasoline, this could be another solution, as long as the range was there.