Poll: Nearly Half of US EV Owners Regret Purchase
Hot Air,
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Jazz Shaw
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Posted By: Dreadnought,
6/23/2024 10:40:02 PM
To listen to the Biden administration, the situation with electric vehicles is going swimmingly. People love them. Government subsidies make them more affordable. As a bonus, you get the pride and satisfaction of knowing that you're doing your part to rescue Mother Earth from carbon emissions or whatever. But according to a recent survey from McKinsey and Co. conducted this month, people remain unconvinced, particularly in the United States. They polled EV owners in nine countries and found that 46% of American owners of EVs want to switch back to gas-powered cars with internal combustion engines. There were lower levels of dissatisfaction in some other nations, but nearly half
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
NotaBene 6/23/2024 11:35:05 PM (No. 1742387)
Trump is right again.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 6/23/2024 11:36:15 PM (No. 1742388)
And this is from the crowd that is highly motivated to own an EV and put up with all its quirks. The average citizens wants to get in the car and go - not fiddle around with finding a charging station that can take hours of your time.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Californian 6/23/2024 11:40:46 PM (No. 1742390)
My EV is great for short/middle distances.
My ICE is for longer drives and crossing the state. EV can do it but it's not great at it.
And no it doesn't take hours to find a charging station. They're all on the gps systems,
EV have plenty of real actual things that make them bad for many people; no need to make things up.
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I submit that the other half will come around when it's time to replace the batteries.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
mifla 6/24/2024 4:45:21 AM (No. 1742417)
Not to mention wear and tear on the tires due to the extra weight. Bit hard on the roads as well.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
felixcat 6/24/2024 8:27:25 AM (No. 1742524)
I still don't understand the high value of Tesla stock. His cars may be the best of all the EVs but they're still EVs.
9 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
stablemoney 6/24/2024 9:00:18 AM (No. 1742538)
The half that are satisfied have 2nd and 3rd gas powered vehicles.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 6/24/2024 9:29:14 AM (No. 1742560)
EV's have so many disqualifying problems, rational people want nothing to do with them. They cost too much, especially if all you are using them for is local travel. You will need a second car for longer trips. The insurance costs are high. If they are in an accident, the repair costs can be absurd. Because of these and other problems, their value is declining. As more information is captured, the benefit to the environment, the ONLY reason to consider buying one, is falling. Production of EVs is bad for the environment. The use of EVs is only marginally beneficial. The disposal of old batteries?
On top of all this, companies are losing massive amounts of money on each EV. If the business model for EVs collapses, it is insane to make them.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
hershey 6/24/2024 9:30:16 AM (No. 1742562)
What, only 1/2????
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 6/24/2024 9:35:44 AM (No. 1742566)
And these EVs are basically oversized gold carts equipped with doors and windows.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
felixcat 6/24/2024 9:51:01 AM (No. 1742576)
@3 - well, it must be nice to afford two cars when for most people, one car that is not an EV is sufficient. As for using GPS to track down charging stations, what good is the GPS if you're in a rural/remote area with few charging stations? And let me remind you (even though you didn't mention it) that it was not the government that built the first gas stations, but the private sector: https://familytreemagazine.com/history/history-of-gas-stations/
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Do you really want to stand at electric station charging your car for at least an hour hoping you don’t get mugged or carjacked.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
MickTurn 6/24/2024 10:51:09 AM (No. 1742612)
I know several EV drivers that have GAS Generators in their trunk. One told me he got sick of worrying about the next charging station.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
DVC 6/24/2024 11:22:57 AM (No. 1742649)
Like many other lessons, it is far better to learn from studing the situation before doing something, or to examine what the results are that other people have had before doing something.
I'll never own an EV, it was pretty clear to me before hand that they weren't going to work well for my needs. I first drove an EV in 1973, in grad school where we built two different hybrid vehicles and a fellow grad student built his own EV, converting a little SIMCA car. And I drove a Sebring Vanguard at the factory in
Sebring, Florida in 1974. What a piece of crap. Are current EVs better than those of 50 years ago? Yes, much better. But still not something I'd ever own, even if it were free. I don't need the aggravation, even if it were free.
I've known EVs were unworkable for 50 years from personal contact and study, no need to buy one.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
chagrined 6/24/2024 12:05:38 PM (No. 1742680)
Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes. I guess some have just come to that conclusion. Congratulations!
If you have enough dough to splurge on an eccentric toy, go for it. But the first two sentences above still apply.
Btw, you buy these "cars" you are NOT helping the environment. I don't give a rat's patootie about CO2 emissions. That subject is a corrupt charade all on it's own. The manufacturing, upkeep, and disposal of EVs is a huge detriment to the environment. Not CO2 emissions.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
snakeoil 6/24/2024 12:09:05 PM (No. 1742683)
Some day if I lived long enough (possible but improbable) I might want to purchase an EV. But, it should be my decision and not the government's. Quid Pro Joe is trying to kill ICE vehicles by setting performance criteria that couldn't be met by a perpetual motion machine. Back in the early part of the 20th Century American consumers had to choose between horses, Stanley steamers, and EVs. But then ICE cars came along and the others disappeared. It was a consumer choice and not a government choice. Looks like those days are gone. The government knows what's good for us which also happens to line their pockets.
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