EV batteries should not need to be owned by the car owner. Electric vehicles should have slots that take internationally standardized power packs that are automatically swapped at power stations.

You pull up to the machine. It automatically swaps the power pack, calculates the net power used and bills you accordingly. Instant refill. Zero charge time. No expensive battery replacements to have to worry about in a few years. 

The power packs problems, upgrades and recycling are thus the "problem" of the big corporations and government to solve (transparent to us i.e.. not our problem any more).

If and when that happens then I will gladly lease or buy an electric vehicle for a reasonable price.

 Thanks early adopters for helping to fund the ironing out of the problems that will make my life better for having waited. I'm certain that the major corporate players know that this is the real future path of EVs. They are utilizing the early adopter's desire to own the latest new tech toward their ends.

Also. before anybody objects because they think that they can no longer charge the car at home, they are wrong. You can still charge it at home all night and thereby get a lower price per Kilowatt-hour as long as your charger doesn't damage the power pack that you don't own. If it does and they can prove it then you are out a bundle of cash. The most expensive part of the R&D for the universal power packs will initially be the security verification systems no doubt.