Not sure I understand Chuck... I never said "people can't" anything as in an absolute statement.... my contention has always been a large portion of people can't - and won't.... not that all people can't... that's fairly obvious.
And I am not capping anything, I keep saying... as it stands now (today)... 10% is the best you can hope for... and yes, for significant growth a ton of things have to change... also not some outlandish statement or moving of the imaginary goal post.
My point was (that you are missing) is With the average Salary hanging around $60k or less.... that means a huge portion of the US can't afford ANY CAR that costs $40k or better (which is where nearly all EVs exist on the cost spectrum)... and typically don't have the capability/private property to install personal charging setups... this is also not some nonsensical statement. As I stated before - if the average American making an average salary decides they must have or even wants an EV... They are looking at a used 8 year old Leaf, Soul, Focus, Golf or Spark... that's about it. And good luck if you live in an apartment or rural area.... need a truck... have more than 3 kids.... needs 4wheel drive...
I mean if we are not going to add context to the discussion... and just throw out raw numbers and apples to hammers comparisons... what's the point?