I was stumbling around the REAL CLEAR Energy, REAL CLEAR Politics, REAL CLEAR. . . pages and not really looking for anything other than reading the news. Found this story instead.
It's a fairly long story because it details the individual stories on 7 EV owners. Of the 7 EV owners who were interviewed, exactly 100% of them where very happy with their vehicles, none ranked their car below an "8 out of 10" on a scale of happiness with their choice to switch to an EV.
Biggest complaint is public charging access, and that is almost universal for all the owners.
From a 20-something in MN to a retiree in FL, here's what they said
www.insidehook.com
Below is just the INTRODUCTION to the story, to read the actual owner interviews follow the link above.
Are Americans Really Disappointed in EVs? We Asked 7 Owners.
From a 27-year-old in Minnesota to a 68-year-old in Florida, we spoke with a range of buyers who decided to go electric
January 25, 2024 6:21 am
The ascendancy of electric vehicles is a truly astonishing thing to behold. It was only back in 2010 that the Nissan Leaf, the first mass-market EV, was released in the United States. Less than 15 years later, almost every major manufacturer has a fully-electric car, truck or SUV for sale, and Americans are buying them in record numbers: nearly 1.2 million vehicles in 2023, per Kelley Blue Book, which is an impressive 7.6% of the total market, up from 5.9% in 2022.
However, if you’ve read the news (or possibly just skimmed headlines) about the automotive sector in the last month, you may be under the impression that Americans have actually decided they don’t want electrified cars. The Wall Street Journal gave a November feature the provocative headline “Are Americans Falling Out of Love With EVs?” but quickly wrote in the story that, actually, “the jury is out”; that didn’t stop their editorial board from issuing an opinion this month that claimed “Americans don’t like the product.” Elsewhere in the media, the focus has been more on slowing EV sales that haven’t met the expectations of automakers, not assuming that buyers themselves are turning their nose up at the electric experience.
So how do Americans really feel about electric cars? It’s a tough question to answer on the whole. While 7.6% of the new car market is a huge slice for what is essentially an emerging technology, that’s still a small number compared to the millions of gas-powered vehicles sold in 2023. Then there’s the fact that experiences vary widely around the country: certain electric models are only available in select markets, public chargers are much more widely available in certain areas and then there’s the weather factor.
Instead of pulling opinions out of thin air, we spoke to seven Americans (ranging in age from 27 to 73) from different parts of the country (Colorado, Iowa, Florida, Minnesota and New Jersey) who made the switch to an EV sometime in the last six months. Their reasons for taking the plunge are wildly different, and so are their thoughts on what they’ve liked and disliked about the experience so far. One thing that they do have in common? They’re far from disillusioned about the promises of electrification. . .
The ascendancy of electric vehicles is a truly astonishing thing to behold. It was only back in 2010 that the Nissan Leaf, the first mass-market EV, was released in the United States. Less than 15 years later, almost every major manufacturer has a fully-electric car, truck or SUV for sale, and Americans are buying them in record numbers: nearly 1.2 million vehicles in 2023, per Kelley Blue Book, which is an impressive 7.6% of the total market, up from 5.9% in 2022. However, if you’ve read the news (or possibly just skimmed headlines) about the automotive sector in the last month, you may be under the impression that Americans have actually decided they don’t want electrified cars. The Wall Street Journal gave a November feature the provocative headline “Are Americans Falling Out of Love With EVs?” but quickly wrote in the story that, actually, “the jury is out”; that didn’t stop their editorial board from issuing an opinion this month that claimed “Americans don’t like the product.” Elsewhere in the media, the focus has been more on slowing EV sales that haven’t met the expectations of automakers, not assuming that buyers themselves are turning their nose up at the electric experience. So how do Americans really feel about electric cars? It’s a tough question to answer on the whole. While 7.6% of the new car market is a huge slice for what is essentially an emerging technology, that’s still a small number compared to the millions of gas-powered vehicles sold in 2023. Then there’s the fact that experiences vary widely around the country: certain electric models are only available in select markets, public chargers are much more widely available in certain areas and then there’s the weather factor.Instead of pulling opinions out of thin air, we spoke to seven Americans (ranging in age from 27 to 73) from different parts of the country (Colorado, Iowa, Florida, Minnesota and New Jersey) who made the switch to an EV sometime in the last six months. Their reasons for taking the plunge are wildly different, and so are their thoughts on what they’ve liked and disliked about the experience so far. One thing that they do have in common? They’re far from disillusioned about the promises of electrification. . . 