> 1. US is the largest oil producer country in the world

[citation needed]

Here's mine, Saudi Arabia is by far the largest exporter:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_expor...

Perhaps you're confusing oil production with refined petroleum (e.g. gasoline) exports?

Edit: Thanks for the correction, looks like for the last 8 or so years US has indeed occupied the top slot for production:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EIA_Oil_Production.png

> Here's mine, Saudi Arabia is by far the largest exporter:

I think it's not unreasonable to think that "producer" means "producer", not "exporter". Wikipedia has a nominally matching article [0], which indeed lists the US as the largest producer of crude oil and lease condensate.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_produ...

Perhaps it is unreasonable to conflate production and export in a discussion about the "strange" decision making of domestic industry players...?

I found using "producer" to mean "producer" was very clear to me.

YOU are confusing crude oil production with exports. The US IS the largest oil producing country:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_pro...

The parent commenter is right. You are wrong. Do a little Google search before commenting.

They did do one, but the US only slid into top spot somewhat recently it looks like?

Can avoid the hostility.

It's half a decade.

1 is not true, 2 maybe, but people haven’t bought EVs beyond the upper middle class segment too. 3 I don’t think it’s employees, but there’s definitely government involvement which has made innovation difficult.

Plus, there’s a question if pure EVs are the best, perhaps EREVs might be better.

4. America is a giant land mass and Americans want 500 miles of range when most countries are ok with 200.

Most Americans don’t drive anywhere near that far.

the range would be for more than one trip.

anecdotally i had a 2011 Nissan Leaf 1st year it came out. Was neat. I have not gone back to electric. I sold it for $800 with 90k miles on it.