Electric Vehicle Sales Slump to Just a Quarter of New Purchases

Breitbart ^ | 01/07/2024 | Simon Kent

[ChicagoConservative27]

Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) are defying the combined urging of green lobbyists and government diktat with just a quarter making up new purchases for 2023, UK data reveals.

The consumer rejection of EVs is a challenge to the electric car market and government goals to move towards net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

[rktman]

Butt, butt, butt.....jenny granholm says they are awesome. 🖕

[rktman]

But, 100,000+ ODs/year.....meh!

[Bonemaker]

"Nobody can afford it."

I wouldn't buy the EV dreck no matter how rich I was.

[Yardstick]

I wonder how this study defines “electric vehicle.”

Do they mean battery only EVs or also hybrids?

[Col Frank Slade]

Who wants a car that can spontaneously combust at any moment ?

[MinorityRepublican]

The forcing part would actually be pretty easy. Just get the EPA to issue more and more stringent gas station regulations. Slowly but surely. Make it very expensive to follow those regulations. Poof! Eventually few or no gas stations. Gotta go electric, pal.

Already happening in California. Now it's $5.00 per gallon (previously $7.00).

[Carriage Hill]

“The government is subsidizing a stupid policy.”

And the sun (for now) rises in the east.

[cornfedcowboy]

Googling “diktat”.

[Tucker39]

I’m surprised they’re selling THAT many. But remove all the financial incentives and see what happens.

[chopperk]

Wait till the EV owners have to replace the batts.

[hanamizu]

Now it’s $5.00 per gallon (previously $7.00).

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See! Bidenomics is working! He’s dropped gas prices by nearly 30%!
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[Roadrunner383]

Toyota is focusing on hybrids. Toyota says they can build 37 hybrids using the lithium and other battery resources that a single EV would use. There are some pretty impressive hybrids out there, and I think Toyota is going to do very well in the future selling hybrids vs EVs.

[steve86]

That’s what makes sense

[EVO X]

A quarter is a lot higher than I thought it would be. But then again that’s in the UK. I’m guessing the percentage of new EV sales is a lot lower on this side of pond.

I've read reports that California EV sales have been around 25% of new car sales in the state last year. In flyover country with winters, the sales volume is more like 2% if that..

[Chickensoup]

That many? 25% ? Really?

[Elsie]

25%???

Wooda thunk it would have EVER been this great to begin with??

[Elsie]

I would hope!

Around my neck of the woods it's Jeeps© everywhere!

[Elsie]

Saw an ad for an E-Jeep.

What FOOL would do actually buy one of those and take it out in the boonies?

[Elsie]

Poof! Eventually few or no gas stations.

WRONG!!!

Higher gas prices at the pump.

[Elsie]

The government is subsidizing a stupid policy.

Actually; taxpayers are allowing the gummint to run wild.