With the number of Teslas I see on the road, in parking lots, and in driveways here in Central Texas, I think the Texas number might be a bit low on this graphic.
Unless I missed it, Wyoming is not on the list. My daughter who lives in Wyoming told me she has only noticed one EV and it had Colo. plates.
It amazes me how many more people up north (where it’s freezing cold) have EV’s than in the south. It seems that EV’s are one of those products that are bought with little thought to if it’s practical for their situation.
So even in collectivist CA, only 3% drive an EV.
And the numbers nationwide are going to fall, as EV owners will not be repeating buying.
I see a handful of Teslas in my town. But I ain’t in Austin, Dallas, or Houston. The ones I know of are doctors. Virtue signaling.
Would be interesting to see a breakdown of ownership by race...
So aside from Left Coasters, hardly anybody else wants these things.
I have some anecdotal evidence regarding the money involved, courtesy of an old college friend who works as a building engineer in a Dallas high-rise office building. His building leases office space to several federal agencies (apparently, the nearby federal building is full to capacity), and the agencies have been trying to get the General Services Administration to install EV chargers in the garage. Just two Level-2, 240v, 50 amp double-port chargers, installed ... maybe 30 feet from a breaker panel with plenty of remaining capacity. So, just a straight run of conduit and wiring, two new circuit breakers, the charging stations (about $9K each), plus permits, insurance, labor, etc.
The bid estimate from GSA came in a bit under $150,000.00.
The REAL WAY to do this survey is to list the rate of ownership of ONLY electric vehicles, no gasoline vehicles. In other words, if a family owns 1 of each, they’re not counted, as the EV only exists for that family to be able to Virtue Signal. But if a family owns 1, 2, or more EVs, but no gasoline cars, then they have, actually, ‘transitioned’ to EVs.
I see loads of Teslas around here, but most of them are sitting unpurchased in a Tesla dealership lot.
You do know a ton on EV numbers about EVs are false
I’ll be traveling through northern Washington and Idaho next week for my job. I booked hotels yesterday. The towns I would be staying in had no more than three hotels. One had none. I booked at a log lodge.
I’m kinda doubting a huge EV infrastructure.
Where’s the map of ‘60’s era muscles cars with over 400hp?
Now THERE’S a stat I’d be interested in!
...that and rubber band powered balsa wood airplanes of course.
So much more interesting than coal powered Johnny Cabs
If electric cars are so great why did not the Citicar take off like a rocket back in 1975? I saw plenty of them on new car lots but never one on the streets. Never.
