The number of buyers in the U.S. considering an electric vehicle purchase in 2024 has fallen from a year ago due to a shortage of affordable cars, inadequate charging infrastructure and ignorance about EV benefits, a study by J.D. Power, opens new tab has shown.
Other factors contributing to waning EV demand in the United States include stubborn inflation, high interest rates and underwhelming growth in model availability, the study said.
I don’t want…
- To cost no more than $30k
- To be huge
- To track everything I do to sell to 3rd parties
- To go like a race car, just be fast enough like a 4 banger
You bring me an EV that can doe those 4 things and have the range of a gas powered car 300-400 miles and be purchasable in the United States (where I am located), and I will buy one tomorrow.
bingo.
I have a turbo 4cycliner that gets 40mpg. it costs me about $30 a month to fill up. it cost me 19K new 5 years ago.
i’m looking at a new car. I want a hybrid small truck or a hybrid wagon. no such EV exists. I will probably get a Toyota Stout, since the new Tacoma seems fantastic.
“opens new tab”
What?
Hmm no one wants shitty cars? Shocker.
It’s not EV that makes them shitty. It’s everything else they’ve enshitified.
I’m waiting on the EV makers to pivot away from huge vehicles (https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/02/ford-rethinks-ev-strategy-is-working-on-a-smaller-cheaper-ev-platform/). I’m waiting for better charging infrastructure or at the very least a consensus on what plug is going to be used. I’m waiting for cars to be able to power homes during a power outage.
I don’t think this is far away, maybe 2025 or 2026. However, it’s not a great couple of years to buy right now. As I have a Camry in pretty good condition and don’t drive a ton … I fully intend to wait until I’m really ready to buy. As much as I want an EV, I want a good EV not debt for the sake of an ideal.
Right? It’s not because people don’t want them, it’s because people don’t want the specific ones they’re selling and people want to be able to get from point a to b in them. I want one but I also have a pretty fuel efficient vehicle with low miles because I basically drive to the grocery store and maybe one other place each week so I’m sure as shit not trading it in for a massive vehicle that costs 3x more than it needs to.
Well make one that doesn’t fucking cost 50k and I would.
