Americans will be slower to adapt to a system where you rent by the mile or swap out batteries, etc than Europeans and those in other countries. Until Americans view cars and trucks as modes of transportation instead of extensions of themselves, this will persist.

It's often been said that Americans don't drive their cars so much as wear them. I think this is just another symptom of American's defining themselves by what they consume/own over what they do. I do detect among some younger folks (teenagers) a general disillusion with the current system, and there may be hope for a shift to valuing the use/utility of things over owning them.