The interest that American car buyers have in electric vehicles continues to fall as more come to realize how useless and overly expensive they are.
A new survey of car buyers finds that only five percent of car buyers say they are interested in buying an EV.
Per The Blaze:
Among U.S. consumers, ICE remains number one, with 62% indicating that their next car will not be electrified. Another 20% would like a hybrid for their next vehicle, with a further 6% desiring a plug-in hybrid.
By contrast, only 38% of Chinese consumers want to stick with ICE; meanwhile, 27% of them intend for their next automotive purchase to be a battery electric vehicle (BEV). That’s a much higher percentage than in other large nations — in Germany, only 14% want a BEV; in the U.K. and Canada, only 8%; and in Japan, the number is a mere 3%.
Meanwhile, hybrids are far more attractive to consumers in most countries. Sixteen percent of Chinese consumers want hybrids, 12% of Germans, 23% of Canadians, 24% of U.K. consumers, and 35% of Japanese consumers replied that they were looking for a hybrid for their next car.
Let’s hope Americans are starting to realize that EVs are not right for most needs we have for autos in this country.
They are garbage for long distances. They are garbage for cost savings. They are too expensive to buy. They are garbage for utility use (work, hauling, business, etc). And they have zero resale value.
EVs are great if you make more than $300,000 a year. They are great if you only need to drive for ten of fifteen minutes. They are also great if you don’t need to get some return on your money when you go to buy a replacement car.
But for all the things they are good for, that isn’t what most Americans need a car for.
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