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Originally posted by ex bull: ↑

Thirty-five percent of global respondents said the public network isn't good enough yet. Thirty-four percent said EV ownership costs remain too high, while 32 percent said EVs impacted their driving patterns too much on long trips.
Country % Likely to Switch Back to Gas
Australia 49%
United States 46%
Brazil 38%
China 28%
Germany 24%
Norway 18%
France 18%
Italy 15%
Japan 13%
The US charging network is growing, which could eliminate these hurdles for owners. As of May,the US had 183,000 public EV chargers, but there still aren't enough. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2021 allocated $5 billion in grants toward building fast chargers, butthe rollout is taking forever due to a myriad of local, state, and federal regulations and consumer needs.

Study: Nearly Half of EV Owners in America Want to Switch Back to Gas (msn.com) msn

Should we feel sorry for those greens who got sucked into buying an EV?

Too much money, too little sense.

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lt's largely a charging availability issue. That's it.

An issue that is changing rapidly .

Otherwise people are happy to drive evs.

Another nothing burger from the denier hit squad.
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