Right now EVs are viable for the percentage of the population with modest commutes and charging station availability at work. For many people only the more expensive EVs with longer range are viable and for still further people they just are not viable.
The automated battery swap technology I noted does exist today and is being pushed to some extent in China. If true industry wide standardization is achieved and such swap stations are widespread then EVs have the potential to be viable for pretty much all transport, including semis.
Again the idea of owning a "storage device" in a pool where you do not individually pay for maintenance or replacement and those costs are instead "baked in" to the cost of a swap for another full "storage device" has been in widespread use for decades without much issues.
Basically EVs are currently at the equivalent stage to the pre-industrial non-interchangeable parts stage. Getting to standardized and interchangeable will greatly increase their mass viability.
I'd be quite happy with an EV F350 DRW if i can pull into a fuel station and pack swap in the same amount of time I currently fill 30gal of diesel. Electric motors provide full torque from zero RPM so they can certainly compare favorably to a diesel engine if properly engineered. Diesel trains are diesel-electric and have worked well for a very long time, even now they have hybrid trains with batteries and smaller diesel engines for yard switcher use.
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