The number of buyers in the U.S. considering an electric vehicle purchase in 2024 has fallen from a year ago due to a shortage of affordable cars, inadequate charging infrastructure and ignorance about EV benefits, a study by J.D. Power, opens new tab has shown.

Other factors contributing to waning EV demand in the United States include stubborn inflation, high interest rates and underwhelming growth in model availability, the study said.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      That does not help, but even if you remove my first issue because they are more affordable, there are still the other two issues.

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      6 months ago

      Ah right, because so many Americans were buying Chinese cars of any kind before the tariff lol