The data found about 68 per cent of car shoppers in 2022 who did not own an EV showed an intent to purchase one, but that dropped to 56 per cent this year.

  • Cyborganism
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    1811 months ago

    Yeah well I don’t want a big ass SUV that costs a whole arm.

    I want a reasonably priced Honda E. A Fiat electric. A VW e-Golf.

    But most of all, I want better public transportation.

    • @RGB3x3
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      311 months ago

      I had a Fiat 124 Spider a couple years ago that I absolutely loved. Bring that mother fucker back as electric and I’m buying day one.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 months ago

      I mean, I do want a somewhat decent sized EV but not one that costs an arm. I mostly want a couple hundred kms of range without it costing an arm. I go on 200-300km trips almost on a weekly basis in the summer.

      Also I’m still not sure how they think people will charge their vehicles if they live in apartments and townhomes or basement suites where they park on the street overnight.

      • Cyborganism
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        111 months ago

        Where I live there are many public charging stations. But probably not enough to match the demand if everybody switched to electric cars overnight.

        There are new types of solid state batteries coming soon that will allow super fast charging within a few minutes and extended range beyond what current batteries can do. Let’s hope it arrives soon.

        • @[email protected]
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          211 months ago

          The faster the charger, the more powerful of a charging station you need, and the more expensive they are. No matter how fast your car is capable of charging, it’ll be limited by the charging station so the speed itself won’t change.

          On the other hand, solid state batteries are supposed to have quite the increase in charge density so there’s the hope that they can be a lot cheaper since you don’t need as big of a battery.

          On the other other hand, isn’t the car market slowing down as a whole? Sales seems to have slowed dramatically these last few years as people are relying on other ways to get around more and more, so rather than replacing cars with EVs, it’s more like cars are just plain disappearing, even it’s only at the rate of partial replacement levels.

          • Cyborganism
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            111 months ago

            Yeah people can’t afford them anymore. They gotta pick between a home or a car.

        • @[email protected]
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          111 months ago

          probably not enough to match the demand if everybody switched to electric cars overnight.

          The same way that McDonalds wouldn’t be able to cope if the Public suddenly discovered Mig Mac Sauce can prevent cancer?

          It’s okay to plan capacity a little less aggressively and then come up with demand, and not coping with a bizarre surge is almost okay.