Posted on 09/28/2024 5:56:04 AM PDT by central_va
Interest in electric cars has slumped to its lowest level for four years as an increasing number of drivers say they will stick with petrol-powered vehicles.
Figures from the Department for Transport show that just 13pc of all drivers plan to buy a fully electric car as their next vehicle.
By contrast, interest in combustion-engine cars has risen, with 37pc of motorists saying they will buy a petrol-powered vehicle, up from 31pc a year earlier.
The figures represent a new setback to Labour’s plans to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by the end of the decade.
The 13pc of people planning to buy an electric vehicle is the lowest since the summer of 2020, when the vehicles were much less widely available. It is down from 16pc this time last year and a peak of 19pc in the summer of 2022. Interest in hybrids has also dipped.
The latest figures show that around 30pc are now seeking to buy them as their next car, down from 35pc in 2022.
Among potential hybrid buyers, motorists are increasingly opting for older non-plug-in variations that largely rely on internal combustion engines.
The DfT’s Future of Transport programme regularly surveys the public on their attitude towards technologies such as electric cars, driverless cars and e-scooters.
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LOL!
Let me know when ‘The Beast’ is an EV...............
Have they tapped their available market?
I predict that Elon will sell off Tesla. Don’t ask me how...
“Let me know when ‘The Beast’ is an EV...............”
Heh, then we could have a dead battery outside with an “almost dead” president inside.
Shocking, electrifying!!!
Jolting!
Good luck trying to sell a used EV. Who in their right mind woukd buy a car whose replacement battery costs $10,000 or more?
Tesla is far more than a car company. Tesla is a leader in applied AI also. The error in thinking is that the goal is to have everyone driving an electric car.
The actual Tesla goal is to make the best cars in existence and to sell to those that understand the product thus making extreme profits.
Saw a guy on Fox Weather, standing in front of a house, with a clear view of what was left of the garage.
He said that it “appears” that an EV car interacted with the sea water and caught fire, burning down the house - in the midst of a hurricane!
I predict there may be a huge “firesale” on EVs very soon.
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It turned out to be nothing more than a very expensive fad and the fools who got snookered are left wondering how they could have been so stupid. If it’s Musk with EV’s or Trump with the jab it just goes to show that even the smartest guys around can get taken.
I’m just talking the EV car business.
Tesla also has androids coming out soon..
I think that’s one of the major reasons people won’t buy EV’s. Unlike a gasoline or diesel car. Depending on age and condition, the dealer will either go through it replace where parts, basic fluid changes, etc. And put it back on the lot and can still make money from a second sale. If it’s an older model car that they don’t want to put on their lot, they can still make money selling it at auction where it will be snapped off by some used car lot who will do the same thing.
With electric vehicles, would you trade the red, you’re doing it because the battery doesn’t hold range. At that point, the cars have little value, then you factored in $10,000 battery replacement and the essentially scrap at that point.
The government helped “snooker” some people with the tax rebate subsidy.
EVs are such failures even car jackers don’t want EVs.
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