Posted on 06/24/2024 9:25:09 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A consumer research group surveyed electric vehicle (EV) owners all around the world and found 46 percent of American EV owners regret their purchase and are “very likely” to switch back to the internal combustion engine (ICE).
Around the world, 29 percent of EV owners said they will go back to the ICE. The top concerns are the lack of a reliable charging infrastructure, the costs involved in owning an EV, and anxiety about long-distance trips.
Philipp Kampshoff, leader of the consulting firm Center for Future Mobility, told Automotive News he was surprised by the 49 percent number in the U.S. “I didn’t expect that,” he said. “I thought, ‘Once an EV buyer, always an EV buyer.'”
The research group, McKinsey & Company, spoke to 30,000 consumers across 15 countries and found that:
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That 1973 over there with the rust and primer and four mismatched tires. Piss off.
You can say that again
What’s up with that? Why can’t the door latch be a mechanical device like it has been forever?
These manufacturers implement technology for the sake of technology, not practicality.
I actually scrolled through the replies just to look for whatever inane reply you’d offer... cause like a moth to a flame I knew you’d be drawn here.
I am regretting buying my Stihl Battery operated hedge trimmer. Not because it did not work great. It did. Right until it stopped. After five years. I only used it about 12 times in those five years.
It took it to the place I purchased it this morning. He stated it would be cheaper to buy a new one than repair this one. That is because it would take a couple hours of labor to take it apart and then put it back together. Then he said that they were made to only last five years. Same with the battery that powers it.
The previous 2 cycle gas Echo hedge trimmer was twenty years old when I sold it. I have a Stihl chain saw I bought in 1990. I have an Echo string trimmer almost that old. I have a Stihl straight shaft brush cutter that is 25 years old.
I have a 1999 John Deere lawn tractor.
My POINT is that all the battery operated equipment in made to have a limited life span. Throw it away after 5-10 years. Just like all the household appliances now.
The other half were still stuck on the road.
>> That 1973 over there with the rust and primer and four mismatched tires. Piss off.
ROFLMAO! Well played sir.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
My cousin bought a electric car and now owns a hybrid.
He went to college you know and is smart.....
He will eventually go back to a gas car.
LOLOL!!!
I recently drove through Navy Housing and remembered that back in the 1970s the number one car color there was primer. Car hoods were open all over the place with guys trying to resurrect their cars or at least keep them on the road. Even though the development has downsized some in recent times I didn’t see one primer painted car or any hoods up. Average car age there now is about 4 years. Decades ago it used to be 10 years out of necessity as the 80s dawned and car makers were making disposable cars that only made to just past the warranty period.
By next year I predict we will be able to buy a slightly used EV for pennys on the dollar. That is if they don’t just crush them all like they did with “Cash for Clunkers”. Remember that one?
Fool born every day.....
At least one.
Sadly, your meaning is unclear.
Fools and EVs go together.
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